Vigilante [Blu-ray] [1983] [US Import]

Oh my what a film. Exploitation, violence in downtown New York, a family torn apart, muggings, shootings, politicans as drug ring leaders, a near ten minute car chase, more muggings, more shootings, pimps, gore, Fred Williamson, Robert Forster, Joe Spinell (underused), a brutal messed up gang and a barnstorming soundtrack from yesteryear- Vigilante is supreme, it is fantastic, its gritty, horrible, nasty and a joy to watch.

Williamson stands out in perhaps his best role as the leader of a vigilante group who are fed up with crime in the big apple. William Lustig directs very well. Its the type of film you will own and have a smile plastered on your face and be proud to say that not too many people know about this little gem, which is in fact a crime of its own.

What a movie! If you love violent exploitation movies with a very subtle comedy overtone this is an essential purchase, I loved every 89 mins of it.

Go get it!

anyone who liked Maniac is going to like Vigilante as well. Sure, seems kind of a Death Wish knock off but it still comes whith its own charming details, like Fred Williamson ;) Several languages are supported by this DVD, too (such as German as well, which is a nice little detail!).

I was suprised how much i liked it. I think it was good. I think Fred Williamson was very good and the best
character in the film. He got charisma. He had several lines in the film which i liked. When he said "Save some
for me, Burke", i couldn`t help but to smile. I must say i liked that dark Synthesizer music that was used to
great effect. This was a good purchase.

Picture Quality: 4.5/5

I was impressed with the picture quality, which i think was pretty sharp and detailed. The colours and such
looked clear and strong on my flat screen. I satisfied with it. I didn`t notice any use of noise reduction, which i
was glad i didn`t see.

Audio Quality: 4/5

I was less impressed by the DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1. I think the some of the gunshot effects could have had
more bass. Like for example when Fred used a shotgun. It didn`t have a lot of bass. Strange thing, when he
used a somekind of Revolver, it had more bass than that shotgun!. Hm. Also one other problem i had with this
audio track, was that i feel the music was mixed too loud and the dialog too low. I often had to turn the volume
down when i heard the music. When there was dialog scenes i had to turn the volume up.

I think people doing this remix should have corrected these problems. I did find it annoying. The music sounded
pretty good and clear in the Center speaker. I heard some good bass coming from my subwoofer when the
Synthesizer music was used. The Rear speakers was mostly used for good effect, like for example, i heard: of
course music there, gunshots, people in prison shouting and cars crashing. So, i think the people in charge of
making this audio track could have done a better job. Except for the problems i mentioned, i think it was good,
but not very good.

Film:4/5
Overall: 4/5