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In United States cinema, vigilante films gained prominence during the 1970s with "touchstones" like Death Wish and Dirty Harry, both of which received multiple sequels.The 1974 film Death Wish has been described as officially starting the genre, causing many cheap imitations and knockoffs such as Vigilante and Vigilante Force, with the most financially successful being 1980's The Exterminator.
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The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Produced by DC Films, 6th & Idaho, and Dylan Clark Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise. The film was directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig.
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- The Exterminator
- Death Wish
- Death Wish II
- Kick-Ass
- Ms. 45
- Falling Down
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- Magnum Force
- Taxi Driver
The iconic screen character of Billy Jack made his first appearance in this drive-in classic. The Born Losershas Billy Jack taking on a biker gang and becoming the vigilante that we would see in his subsequent films. The film became extremely popular, leading it to become one of the all-time biker movie classics. RELATED: 10 Great Biker Movies To W...
Truly one of the more controversial vigilante films due to the extreme viciousness of its violence, James Glickenhaus' The Exterminatorfound Robert Ginty as a man who sees his best friend die at the hands of street thugs. The character gets guns and a flamethrower and proceeds to become a violent and unforgiving vigilante. Critics trashed the film ...
Charles Bronson was already a big star due to his work in films such as The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, and Once Upon a Time in the West. The actor became a film icon through his action/thriller work in the 70s, beginning with Michael Winner's Death Wishin 1974. RELATED: The 5 Best (& 5 Worst) '70s Thrillers Bronson played Paul Kersey, an ...
Paul Kersey is now in L.A. and violence finds him again after his daughter is raped and murdered. Kersey must once again pick up his gun and return to the vigilante ways that he wanted to leave behind. A one-man wrath of vengeance, Kersey commences to wiping the criminals from the streets of Los Angeles while finding his daughter's killers. After a...
Matthew Vaughn's clever, funny. and exciting adaptation of the Graphic Novel Kick-Assbecame an instant cult classic. It is the story of a group of young social outcasts who decide to become superheroes, even though none of them have any powers or real skills, which means they basically become vigilantes. RELATED: With No Power Comes No Responsibili...
Abel Ferrara created this cult vigilante film about a mute woman who is raped twice in one day and begins to lose her mind. She gets a 45 caliber pistol and stalks the sleazy New York nights shooting men who she deems bad. The film was a hit in the Grindhouse cinemas of the big cities and found an even bigger cult following on VHS. The star of the ...
Director Joel Schumacher has a filmography that traversed many different genres. 1993's Falling Downwas his one and only vigilante film and many consider it to be one of his finest. Michael Douglas stars as a man who is fed up with his country. During a traffic jam, he leaves the car and begins walking the city of Los Angeles to fight back against ...
The title of William Lustig's 1982 Vigilantecouldn't be more self explanatory. Robert Forster stars as a man whose wife and son are attacked by thugs. The corrupt court lets them off, so Forester and his friend, played by Fred Williamson, turn vigilante in search of justice. A potent and violent film, Lutig's piece isn't the exploitation film the a...
In Magnum Force, the sequel to Don Siegel's 1971 classic Dirty Harry, director Ted Post and screenwriters Michael Cimino and John Milius pitted Harry Callahan against a secret vigilante police force who were ridding the city of San Francisco of the criminals who slipped through the fingers of justice. RELATED: 10 Most Iconic Moments In The Dirty Ha...
Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver is considered to be one of the best films of its decade and a powerful and influential American masterpiece. Robert De Niro starred as Travis Bickle, a man who wants to clean up the crime, drug, and pimp-infested New York City. In one of the film's many memorable lines, Bickle suggests that a "real rain" should come to...
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Apr 8, 2023 · 8 'Taken' (2008) Image Via EuropaCorp. IMDb Rating: 7.2/10. The 2008 action-thriller, Taken, directed by Pierre Morgan, is renowned for Liam Neeson's role as the main protagonist, Bryan Mills. The ...
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Oct 15, 2009 · October 15, 2009. A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
