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  • flixsterman
    April 23, 2009
    flixsterman
    Deathwish II meets Rambo III. Campy, cult-ish film that's just bad enough to be fun. Best viewed in a room full of lightly inebriated friends.
  • bradwest
    September 20, 2008
    bradwest
    OK Death Wish variation.
  • cacutshaw
    January 30, 2008
    cacutshaw
    It's been a very long while since I've seen this one, but I still remember some parts vividly. Well done Vigilante film.
  • mrviktor
    August 9, 2009
    mrviktor
    THE EXTERMINATOR is a cheap urban exploitationer whose success probably yielded the DEATH WISH sequels. Being how those Charles Bronson sequels were just as cheap and grimy(and bad)as this film is, maybe the quality to profitability ratio was sensible from Michael Winner's standp...( read more)oint. Then again,I have no doubt that THE EXTERMINATOR also spurred the obviously much better and more successful FIRST BLOOD. Michael Winner doesn't make movies anymore, he is a restaurant critic. Draw your own conclusion. Hint:Winner takes fall. Cannon Group fodder.

    You have to love the cut-rate approach that a film like THE EXTERMINATOR takes. Here you have an opening shot that I swear could parody the one in APOCALYPSE NOW if this movie didn't use it to serve it's genre hook. Since the opening setting is in Vietnam,you need it to be at night to veil the sound stage, you also need little palm trees, an interrogation scene that can be used later for inducing cold sweats and flashbacks and of course, last but not least you got your squad running to the ubiquitous Huey taking fire.

    Flashforward a decade and you have your protagonist alive and well with his 'Nam buddy who literally saved his head. They work at a meat packing plant which will come in handy for "the man they pushed too far". Afterall,he fought in the Far East and his name is John Eastland. Apparently,the detective (Christopher George)is the only one who picks up on that kind of karma.

    To play the main character,you have Robert Ginty who played a 'Nam buddy in COMING HOME. How convenient and economical! You'll also notice that he'd play Vietnam vets in most of his later films as well. American typecasting;always so reliable.

    THE EXTERMINATOR could have been at least enjoyably bad had it went along more of the lines of a slasher/vigilante pic. Yes,the The Exterminator uses a blowtorch. But it is not the trademark weapon as you are lead to believe. He uses it only once or twice but it isn't the cool flamethrower gun on the poster. 2004's THE PUNISHER makes a nod to this film in one torture scene. Nor is the Exterminator outfitted like on the poster either.Although there are other cool gruesome deaths to satisfy gorehounds, this film miserably failed to align itself with the Friday THE 13TH crowds of that same year. Maybe that's why this movie is out of print.
  • 339z
    June 21, 2009
    339z
    wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch,,,its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that christopher george, robert ginty,samantha eggar, steve james, dennis boutsikaris, tony dibenedetto play good role...( read more)s/parts throughout this movie...i think that the director of this action/adventure/comedy/drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie...i think that the fight scenes n the gun shoot outs were really good throughout this movie....its a good movie 2 watch with a good cast throughout this movie n its a good movie
  • skidmomi
    August 6, 2008
    skidmomi
    YEA!!! Get those bad guys!!!
  • KESSLER72
    March 28, 2008
    KESSLER72
    Look at the cover....just look at it. I did many times as a kid during the sweet days of VHS in the 80's. I never got around to seeing it back then, god only knows why (maybe only available in BETA where i rented from back then??) Anyways, this flick starts off with a cool but...( read more) also kinda cheesy beheading...from there it kinda gets soft and dullish until the EXTERMINATOR first starts his rampage with the aid of an M-16 rifle and sewer rats haha! At that point on, i started to really enjoy this flick. COOL NYC locales (42nd Street!!) and some tasty violence in this gritty dirty movie... and CHRISTOPHER GEORGE!! The man exudes class with his fly open and a non chalant look on his face in a hospital hallway!! Awesome!! And does the man not make a tasty looking hotdog?!?! This movie is for fans of Death Wish 2 and Taxi Driver. Watch for the nice dog attack and beautiful lines such as "that NIGG*R was my best friend you motherfu*ker!"
  • MECreviews
    March 21, 2008
    MECreviews
    I did not really like this movie.
  • terminatortron
    January 15, 2008
    terminatortron
    I don't get where the exterminator hate comes from. Sure it didn't make complete " sense" some of the time, but I kind of enjoyed that. "I think you need to take a shit. It's coming out of your mouth instead of your asshole." Best quote I've heard in the last week! I don't t...( read more)hink of it as being "so bad it's good", but more like " so ridiculous it's awesome". I make such a distinction.
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