Irreversible (2002)

Director Gaspar Nóe dropped the brutal film Irréversible (2002) on unsuspecting audiences at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and caused an uproar with its controversial violent sex and murder scenes, including a ten-minute-long sexual assault scene. Not quite a great date movie. The film is told in reverse, starting with a murder scene at a gay sex club called "Rectum" and working backwards to show why the murder happened. Essentially, Alex (Monica Bellucci) is trying to figure out whether she wants to get with Marcus (Vincent Cassell) or Pierre (Albert Dupontel). After getting in a fight with both of them, she walks home only to end up brutally assaulted by an unknown assailant. Marcus and Pierre team up to track down whoever did this, and eventually hear it's a gay man who hangs out at the local sex clubs. Looking to rectify the situation, they head to Rectum, only to end up beating the wrong man to death with a fire extinguisher. Whoops. It ends up their quest for vengeance couldn't reverse the damage done to poor Alex, no matter how hard they tried. Just a brutal movie all around, what would really be brutal is if the movie left us high and dry on skin scenes. But don't worry, there's one incredible nude scene where Cassell bares all. Most of the movie is filmed to resemble a continuous take, like Rope (1948) or 1917 (2019). So, for a skinsational fifteen minutes viewers get to see va-va-Vincent from nearly every angle. His slim, toned body bounces atop his lady giving us full access to his shapely rear.  His front side gets exposed too and his attractive appendage is a stunner. Nothing is hidden and the effect is irreversible. Vincent Cassell sure knew how to back that ass up in Irreversible!