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Classic film that spawned a genre of"revenge"films and four sequels of its own over 15 or so years and forever will have you remember Charles Bronson who plays Paul Kersey,as a film character classic.Released in 1974 and running only 93 minutes there is only a few problems with the original.First its highly dated so younger viewers might not like the pacing and most important to that fact is that the bad guys for the most part,use knives instead of guns.If you can get over that,the story is classic "old west"and is not ashamed of it.Sadly the bad guys unpunished but other baddies pay the price for them.Thats a little disturbing but its still satisfying on a few levels to root for vigilante justice.There's also some fine actors who had bit parts,early in their careers, in the film.You can try to fine them,hah,hah.The main cast is fine but the movie has a "TV"movie feel.So I took 1 and 1/2 stars for more technical issues than story.I still enjoy it from time to time and have to revisit the 4 sequels.Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary below.
A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GieK_55uyY
A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.
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