Fighting Back
Really sleazy movie by today’s standards. I think it was mostly just Dino DeLaurentiis looking to redo the success if Death Wish rather than give an endorsement to racist right-wing vigilantism. It’s populist from the role of the corrupt city fathers to the limited role of Yaphet Kotto as a black community leader. In a recorded intro, Lewis Teague told the film was mostly improvised. Maybe this explains weird choices like a drug-dealing chicken restaurant owner arming himself with a battle axe or a ridiculous water balloon bomb dropping through the roof of a car.
Mini Review: Really sleazy movie by today’s standards. I think it was mostly just Dino DeLaurentiis looking to redo the success if Death Wish rather than give an endorsement to racist right-wing vigilantism. It’s populist from the role of the corrupt city fathers to the limited role of Yaphet Kotto as a black community leader. In a recorded intro, Lewis Teague told the film was mostly improvised. Maybe this explains weird choices like a drug-dealing chicken restaurant owner arming himself with a battle axe.