One of the best action movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

Holding a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, the director of this sadly underseen thriller was recently in the news.

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 9 October) is Revenge, the incredible and sadly underseen 2017 action thriller.

Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat in her feature debut, the film revolves around a young woman named Jen (Matilda Lutz, Reptile) who travels with her wealthy boyfriend Richard (Kevin Janssens) – who is married to another woman – to his luxury vacation home in the desert.

When Richard’s two hunting trip friends also arrive at the secluded destination, events quickly spiral out of control and Jen is left for the dead by the men.

All alone in the desert, against all odds, the young woman manages to recover and seeks vengeance against her attackers – turning the hunters into the hunted.

Boasting some of the most colourful and stylish cinematography in recent years, a protagonist so easy to root for and a whole host of bloody, hard-hitting, visceral action set-pieces – Fargeat takes what could have been a standard action flick and turns it into something legendary and unforgettable through the way she depicts Jen’s transformation into a powerful avenging force.

Be warned though, the movie is extremely, extremely dark and violent.

Holding a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, Revenge is also worth checking out because Fargeat’s even better follow-up effort The Substance, starring Demi Moore, is in cinemas now.

A body horror satire, her must-see sophomore film is earning raves from audiences and critics alike for its similar blend of feminine themes, stylish direction and gory violence.

Revenge is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on the channel Legend at 12.40am. It is also available to stream on the services Mubi and Shudder.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Jaws – ITV4 – 9pm

Steven Spielberg’s breakthrough thriller is still the best shark flick ever.

The French Dispatch – Film4 – 9pm

Writer-director Wes Anderson’s lovely star-studded anthology comedy-drama revolving around a France-based magazine.

RoboCop 3 – Sky Sci-Fi – 9pm

Robert John Burke replaces Peter Weller as the title character in this 1993 sequel.

The Gunman – Legend Xtra – 9pm

Sean Penn leads a great cast – including Idris Elba, Javier Bardem and Mark Rylance – in this action thriller that is sadly not very good.

Threads – BBC Four – 10.20pm

An acclaimed and famously disturbing British TV movie from the ’80s imagining the fallout of nuclear war on the city of Sheffield.

Armageddon – Film4 – 11.15pm

Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck are blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth in this hugely entertaining sci-fi disaster flick.