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Vigilante

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Vigilante
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R,1hr 35min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
January 12, 1983
Director:
William Lustig
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright  ...more
Synopsis: The excessive violence in this action thriller makes New York City look like the site of a civil war -- or rather, a nauseatingly uncivil war fought between factory workers allied with neighborhood citizens against their enemies: drug pushers and other low-lifes. At first the worker Eddie Merino (Robert Forster) refuses to join a vigilante movement, but when his wife is stabbed and his son killed by a Puerto Rican gang, Eddie eventually opts for his own right to kill. His decision is not allowed ... Full Synopsis
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Jason Buchanan, AMG Review
After testing the gag reflex of horror fans with the sleazy, gore-drenched excess of Maniac, notorious genre specialist William Lustig turned his attentions from serial killers to vigilantes for this tale of an honest blue-collar worker whose well-grounded principals are violently uprooted by one sickening act of annihilation. Lustig isn't the kind of filmmaker whose frequently sited for his restraint, ... Full Review
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