|
The excessive violence in this action thriller makes New York City look like the site of a civil war -- or rather, a nauseatingly uncivil war fought between factory workers allied with neighborhood citizens against their enemies: drug pushers and other low-lifes. At first the worker Eddie Merino (Robert Forster) refuses to join a vigilante movement, but when his wife is stabbed and his son killed by a Puerto Rican gang, Eddie eventually opts for his own right to kill. His decision is not allowed to come quickly, he is made to agonize a bit longer. When the gang leader (singer Willie Colon) who killed Eddie's son is caught and brought up for trial, he gets off with a suspended sentence because of a corrupt defense lawyer and an inept judge. Eddie attacks the judge in court and is sent to jail for contempt. When he gets out of jail, he becomes a vigilante, out to kill the guilty or those he sees as protecting the guilty in the death of his son. From then on, a non-stop bloodbath takes over as the star of the film.
Code:
STARS...........: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright
DIRECTOR........: William Lustig
WRITERS.........: Richard Vetere
GENRE...........: Action, Crime, Thriller
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084867
RUNTIME.........: 1h 29mn
SIZE............: 5.40 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC ( [email protected])
BITRATE.........: 7000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1920x804
ASPECT RATIO....: 2.40:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English EAC3 5.1 640kbps
AUDIO2..........: English AAC 2.0 192kbps
AUDIO3..........: French AC3 2.0 192kbps AUDIO4..........: Italian AC3 2.0 192kbps AUDIO5..........: German AC3 2.0 192kbps AUDIO6..........: Commentary with Bill Lustig and co-producer Andrew Garroni
AUDIO7..........: Commentary with Bill Lustig and stars Robert Forster, Fred Williamson and Frank Pesce
AUDIO8..........: Commentary with critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
SUBTITLES.......: ENG, FRE, POR, SPA
SOURCE..........: Blue Underground RM4K Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2021-02-07
Extras
• Blue Collar Death Wish - In this new program, director/co-producer Bill Lustig, writer Richard Vitere, producer Randy Jorgensen, Rutanya Alda, and Frank Pesce discuss the production of Vigilante, the era in which the film was conceived, and its reception. Also, the interviewees share plenty of hilarious stories and remember what it was like to work on a budget. In English. (25 min).
• Urban Western - In this new video program, composer Jay Chattaway discusses his background and career as well as his involvement with Vigilante and the quality of the soundtrack he produced for it. In English. (26 min).
• Commentary One - In this archival audio commentary, Bill Lustig and co-producer Andrew Garroni discuss in great detail what it was like to shoot Vigilante guerrilla-style, how the film was promoted and sold to foreign distributors while still in (pre)production, the casting choices, the locations in New York where different parts of the film were shot, the soundtrack and important role music has for the energy of the film, the financial hurdles that impacted production, etc.
• Commentary Two - In this archival audio commentary, Bill Lustig and stars Robert Forster, Fred Williamson and Frank Pesce go down memory lane and remember what it was like to collaborate on Vigilante, how the film was received, how the beatings were shot, etc. It is an informative but also absolutely hilarious commentary.
• Commentary Three - In this new audio commentary, critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson discuss the stylistic identity of Vigilante, its tone and attitude, the era in which the film emerged, the soundtrack, some trends in '70s and '80s cinema, the Death Wish films, etc.
• Promotional Reel - The promo reel used to sell Vigilante worldwide.
• Promotional Media - Trailers, TV Spots, Radio Spot, Poster & Still Galleries
|
