It is a kind of campy, high-school chick-flick version of Strangers on a Train with no murders but dollops of meanness and some quirky and some blah black humour.
4/5 stars In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train, a pair of unacquainted would-be murderers agree to swap intended victims, thereby alleviating any suspicions of guilt. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s Do Revenge repurposes this premise as a pitch black high school comedy with a decidedly “Gen Z” twist. Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke play the scheming strangers, both entering.
Stories about the high school King and Queen, cool kids, outcasts, bullies, romance, friendships or even rivalry never get old in teen movies because there will always be a new generation who appreciate coming-of-age stories. Netflix's latest original Do Revenge is another teen comedy presented on the platform time and time again, like The Kissing Booth series, To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018) and Tall Girl (2019).