Vigilante

This film will make city dwellers who feel harassed by gangs stand up and cheer. Robert Forster plays Eddie, a factory worker who refuses to become part of the vigilante group formed by his coworker Nick (Fred Williamson) and others until his own family is victimized by a Puerto Rican gang who kill his son. The leader of the gang goes free because of the corrupt judicial system, but Eddie is put in jail for blowing his lid. He comes out ready and willing to join Nick's group. The idea is totally far-fetched, but the film is worth seeing for a chance to catch Woody Strode as a soft-spoken prisoner who packs a mean wallop. One more in the string of vengeance films sp...