>>20704834these & other films are all further examples, imo, of why the 90s were necessarily not as "edgy" as the 00s: though the could be transgressive, violent, shocking, etc. they all tended to promote anti-nihilistic, anti-authoritarian, populistic liberation narratives, while films of the 00s were rooted far more in themes of gratuitous suffering, sadomasochistic violence, & revenge for the sake of revenge