That is, when you're not watching through your fingers: The level of blood splatter, bodily mutilation, and exploding heads in this film is on the level of New French Extremity titles like Inside and High Tension, making Revenge as much of a horror movie as an action one. (avclub.com)
It was kind of a lose or lose badly equation for the left wing of sf / fantasy, lose and have a Damian in tears surrounded by exploding heads, or «win» and lose badly by destroying your credibility. (madgeniusclub.com)
The infamous exploding head sequences are now most amusing, yet when I was a kid they were as terrifying as the melting faces in «Raiders of the Lost Ark». (rottentomatoes.com)