Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 21, 2017 16:39:22 GMT
"The word is out on the street, man. The bottom is about to fall out. They want us bad, but they're coming after you first. These are our homes. We give 'em up... and we've got nothing! Fight for it, Eddie. Fight for it!"
Family man Eddie Marino (Robert Forster) lives in a city district that has over time fallen victim to increasingly high crime statistics and where the police in certain parts, have no longer any control. This has brought on a desperate situtation for many of the citizens, who has began to take matters into their own hands.
One day Eddie gets the offer of coming along on a "mission" by some of his fellow co-workers, but he declines, as it goes against his believes of what is right and wrong. But when life's cruel reality suddenly knocks on his door, Eddie's whole world comes crashing down.
And when being forced to watch the guilty go free, as a result of corrupt politicians in a rotten system that seems to favor the criminals instead of their victims, Marino decides that it is time take up on the offer, of becoming both judge, jury and executioner.
Vigilante aka Street Fighters is another great and hard hitting revenge thriller of the best brand, directed by William Lustig and comes along with a solid cast of Robert Forster, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, Woody Strode and Joe Spinell.
It may not be as brutal or action filled as some of the other exploitation/thrillers of its time, but the acting is really good, and Robert Forster is at his best as the naive and ordinary familyman, being put through hell, and Fred Williamson, well the man is as bad ass as they come, and I loved seeing these guys chasing down the scum and giving them their well deserved punishment.
The music is once again done to the great effect by Jay Chattaway and this film comes with one of the coolest intros and main themes ever:
