Lewis Teague's "Fighting Back" Blu-ray - Tom Skerritt @ArrowFilmsVideo (Patreon)

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Lewis Teague's "Fighting Back" Blu-ray - Tom Skerritt @ArrowFilmsVideo

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The streets of Philadelphia are unsafe, but John D'Angelo has a solution. Thieves, pimps, and pushers beware: he's declaring a personal war on crime. From the director of Alligator and the producer of Death Wish comes Fighting Back!

Tom Skerritt (M*A*S*H, Alien) stars as John D'Angelo, a proud husband and father fed up with the crime and fear his family endures everyday. When his wife, Lisa (Patti LuPone) and elderly mother are both victims of violent attacks, he organizes a team of locals to operate as a neighborhood patrol group. But when the patrol resorts to vigilante tactics, the lines between protection and personal vendetta become blurred, resulting in violence and corruption.

Directed by Lewis Teague from a script by Thomas Hedley Jr. (Flashdance) and David Z. Goodman (Straw Dogs), featuring a supporting cast that includes Michael Sarrazin (Frankenstein: The True Story) and Yaphet Kotto (Live and Let Die) and with a score by celebrated Italian composer Piero Piccioni (Christ Stopped at Eboli), Fighting Back (released overseas as Death Vengeance) finally makes its blistering Blu-ray debut!

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Lewis Teague's Fighting Back is more polished than your garden-variety vigilante themed action thriller. Teague (Cujo, Dirty O’Neil, The Jewel of the Nile) realizes the film well - perhaps overly ambitious - and Skerritt slides into the protagonist roll showing frustration, resolve and anger. Hurdles arise (political, spousal, a cop buddy as well as the black leader of a similar vigilante movement) and he overcomes - leading the citizens to regain their community park - not without some intense violence. I dunno, is it wrong to find satisfaction in these films? No, I guess it's not. There is also some gritty 80's nostalgia here and, luckily, the film gets an Arrow Blu-ray release - as they always do a wonderful job (a/v, extras, packaging etc.) I enjoyed this one and will be keeping it. Recommended!