A neighbourhood crime problem expands into an urban war conducted with increasingly excessive firepower. Charles Bronson's unruffled presence makes the escalating vigilantism feel even stranger, as plausibility quietly retreats behind the nearest barricade.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
7.5/10
Plot
9/10
Effects
6.5/10
Dialogue
8.5/10
Rewatchability
9/10
“Neighbourhood watch has requested a machine gun.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 81
Synopsis and movie facts
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.