Vigilante Force

1976

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten20%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled14%
IMDb Rating5.210965

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Bernadette Peters as Little Dee
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Jan-Michael Vincent as Ben Arnold
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Kris Kristofferson as Aaron Arnold
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Victoria Principal as Linda Christopher
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634.87 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
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1 hr 29 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bkoganbing6 / 10

Doubts confirmed

The western plot of a lawless town hiring a town tamer to bring law and order is updated in Vigilante Force. Curiously enough I read an article where this is happening in North Dakota for a few years now. The oil fracking boom has created exactly the kind of situation we see in Vigilante Force.

Law enforcement under Sheriff Judson Pratt just can't handle it so the citizens bring in Kris Kristofferson who was a hellraiser back in the day before he did a couple of tours in Vietnam. Kristofferson brings in some of his buddies and everyone is happy at first. Kristofferson's brother Jan-Michael Vincent has his doubts.

Those doubts are confirmed when Kristofferson puts lawlessness on a more organized basis. His private militia act like storm troopers. Some citizens die and some have to become vigilantes themselves.

This film is frighteningly familiar with what is being encouraged now and from no less than the White House itself.

I recommend folks seeing this one to know it can and is happening here.

Reviewed by Woodyanders8 / 10

A shamefully ignored and underrated 70's redneck action exploitation gem

Anarchy and lawlessness reign supreme in the podunk hick hamlet of Elk Hills. The town elders deputize tough, cagey Vietnam veteran Aaron (a wonderfully robust and engaging performance by Kris Kristofferson) and several of his fellow vet buddies to clean up the place. The plan goes sour when Aaron and his cruel cronies decide to take over Elk Hills after they get rid of all the bad elements. It's up to Aaron's decent do-gooder brother Ben (amiably played by Jan-Michael Vincent) to put a stop to him before things get too out of hand. Writer/director George ("Miami Blues," "Gross Pointe Blank") Armitage whips up a delightfully amoral, cynical and wickedly subversive redneck drive-in exploitation contemporary Western winner: he expertly creates a gritty, no-nonsense tone, keeps the pace brisk and unflagging throughout, and stages the plentiful action scenes with considerable muscular aplomb (the rousing explosive climax is especially strong and stirring). The first-rate cast of familiar B-feature faces constitutes as a major asset: Victoria Principal as Ben's sweet hottie girlfriend Linda, the fabulous Bernadette Peters as flaky saloon singer Little Dee, Brad Dexter as the feckless mayor, David Doyle as a slimy bank president, Andrew Stevens as an affable gas station attendant, John Carpenter movie regular Charles Cyphers as one of the 'Nam vets, Anthony Carbone as a smarmy casino manager, John Steadman as a folksy old diner owner, Paul Gleason as a mean strong-arm shakedown bully, and Dick Miller as a talentless piano player. Moral: Don't hire other people to do your dirty work. William Cronjager's slick cinematography, Gerald Fried's lively, harmonic hillbilly bluegrass score, and the abundant raw violence further add to the overall trashy fun of this unjustly neglected little doozy.

Reviewed by moonspinner552 / 10

Brutal balderdash

Just a few months before "A Star Is Born" was released and made him a box-office name, Kris Kristofferson took on this ungainly role, that of a Vietnam vet who appoints himself judge and executioner in a backwater town run amok. He eliminates anyone (including women) who question his authority, making resident and younger brother Jan-Michael Vincent really sorry he ever asked for his help. Thoughtless and mean-spirited action-thriller from writer-director George Armitage has good location shooting in Simi Valley, CA but an utterly unsympathetic script filled with redneck clichés and ugly violence. Armitage has managed to gather together a most curious supporting cast for the film, including Victoria Principal, Bernadette Peters, Loni Anderson in a bit part, Andrew Stevens, David Doyle, Brad Dexter and Paul Gleason. Unfortunately, the center of the whole thing is Kristofferson, who is despicable throughout. Even viewed as a tacky co-feature or drive-in entry, "Vigilante Force" is a nasty piece of work, and one with a ridiculous climax. * from ****

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