Release Date: Jan 12, 1983 Limited
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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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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
Jan 12, 1983 Limited
Aug 25, 1998
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There's a certain laudable doggedness in its creation, I guess
A typically inept effort from William Lustig...
A grindhouse retread of Death Wish both narratively and politically, William Lustig's Vigilante rolls out onto blu-ray with a nicer transfer than it deserves, frankly.
jets past moral qualms and cuts right into our most feverish sense of righteousness
A classic B-movie showing the true corruption in the city. This is extremely realistic and violent, turning into a horror movie for anyone who lives in New York. However, this can be taken almost 100% seriously though, which mustâ??ve been hard with such a low budget and multiple restraints. The acting is so above
June 18, 2010Super Reviewer
Not near as sleazy as Lustig's other works, but just as entertaining. Sure it's a ripoff of vigilante films that came before it, but it's still damned fun.
January 30, 2008Super Reviewer
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