Disc Details
Special Features:	Widescreen anamorphic format. Chapter selection. Commentary track with director William Lustig, Robert Forster, Fred Williamson and Frank Pesce. Theatrical trailers. TV Spots. Radio Spots. Still gallery.
Video Format:	Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) [SS-DL]
Languages:	English Dolby Digital Surround EX English 6.1 DTS French (Dolby Surround 2.0) German (Dolby Surround 2.0) Italian(Dolby Surround 2.0)
Subtitles:	Spanish.
Captions:	Yes
Casing:	1-Disc Keep Case

"Vigilante" was made by the same guy who brought you "Maniac Cop". Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda, Joe Spinell, Woody Strode, Carol Lynley and a host of other recognizable B-movie actors appear in this movie. If I had been desperate enough to be in this movie, I would want my image digitally removed. The plot is a complete rip-off of "Death Wish." However, "Vigilante" has none of the intelligence and class of Michael Winner's 1975 movie which touched off a firestorm of social debate. Forester's wife and son are attacked by a group of thugs. The little boy, hiding in an upstairs bathtub, is shot point blank with a double-barreled shotgun, while his mom is being repeatedly stabbed in the backyard. Mom has the pleasure, along with the viewer, of seeing her son's brains fly out the bathroom window before she is attacked. Those are images I wish I could erase from my memory. Forester joins a group of co-workers who roam the neighborhood killing as many criminals as possible. This is pure raw sewage cinema. Rent or purchase at your own peril. Shame on everyone who made this movie, and shame on you if you buy it.

Picture Quality: 5/10
Inconsistent photography. There are many night scenes which seemed to have been filmed in the headlights of the crew's cars. Much of the daytime location photography is also grainy. Not much to make a good transfer with. Anchor Bay seems to have tried, but all the poor qualities of the original print seemed to have made their way onto this disk.

Sound Quality: 2/10
The dialogue was completely over shadowed by the loud electronic music. I had to constantly adjust the volume on my sound system to hear the dialogue and then mute out the sudden surge in loud music during the film's many brutal scenes of mayhem.

Menu: 4/10
The design is very cheesy. It looks like the old psychedelic "trails" created with a chroma key in 1960s rock videos. Easy to navigate. No pictures on the chapter selection menus.

Extra Features: 4/10
There are a lot of extras, no doubt. There is a commentary track that is kind of interesting. To me it was like hearing criminals justify their actions though! Lots of languages so moral cretins in many countries can enjoy this horror. The multitude of trailers and other ads play on the worst paranoia in society.

The Final Word:
I would have a hard time deciding if a person made a bigger mistake buying or renting this movie or spending the same amount of money on crack-cocaine.

Rusty White