Carol Lynley, Don Blakely, Frank Pesce

When an honet cop becomes the victim of a ruthless gang of street punks, he is forced to take the law into his own hands.

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1,215 ratings

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: William Lustig

Release Date: January 12, 1983

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DVD Release Date: August 25, 1998

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  • September 13, 2006
    Mean little revenge film.
  • January 30, 2008
    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.
  • September 6, 2007
    Williamson and Forster in one movie? Does that sounds awesome or what. How about making it directed by Lustig (Maniac, Maniac Cop). It's a really good revenge grindhouse type flick.
  • July 10, 2008
    Not a bad flick. I recently bought this from a bargain shop on a cheap DVD. I thought that i'd give it a whirl as I liked watching the two main actors in it Robert Forster who I liked from Alligator and Jackie Brown and Fred Williamson who I last saw in From dusk till Dawn. this ...( read more)was a decent film. I have seen the reviews for it on the net and nearly everyone is slagging it off saying it's a rip off of Death wish. I for one don't find it a ripoff, in fact i found it better than Death Wish. Compared to other action films nowadays the violence in this film was that excessive. There was two brutal scenes during the film but nothing really nasty as i thought it would be. This one even has a satisfying payoff at the end which i relished while watching. Why they didn't do a 2nd one i don't know. The violence is realistic and the rapes and stabbing do get you shocked but it's not as brutal as Goodfellas or Scarface.
  • March 24, 2008
    This movie had potential, but fell through the cracks. To bad.
  • March 20, 2007
    Dug up from the bowels of the early 1980's - i'm glad i found a copy of this kick ass flick!! Review to come - a STRONG 3 and a half stars!!

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  • MrBeardo
    November 12, 2006
    Is this based on a DC Comic?

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