Street Law (film)
| Street Law | |
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 DVD Cover Art | |
| Directed by | Enzo G. Castellari |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori |
| Written by | Massimo De Rita |
| Starring |
Franco Nero Giancarlo Prete Barbara Bach |
| Music by |
Guido De Angelis Maurizio De Angelis |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini |
| Editing by | Gianfranco Amicucci |
| Release dates | 1974 |
| Running time | 105 mins |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Street Law, also known as The Anonymous Avenger, The Citizen Rebels and Vigilante II (in original Italian, Il cittadino si ribella), is a 1974 poliziotteschi film. This film stars Franco Nero, Barbara Bach and is directed by Enzo G. Castellari .
Plot
Carlo Antonelli (Franco Nero), an average citizen until the day he is brutally beaten during a violent robbery. But when the police drop the case and the suspects remain free, Carlo is pushed beyond his breaking point. Now one man will launch an all-out war against the criminal scum who plague the cities, where justice has its own rules, vengeance needs no badge and the only force that matters is Street Law.
Production
All of the interiors in the film were actually shot before the exteriors, so the wounds and cuts on Franco Nero's face were invented before the actual beating had been filmed. Enzo later had to coordinate the beating to match the makeup he had had on while shooting the interiors.
Releases
The film was released on VHS in the U.K. with the title "Vigilante II", an unofficial sequel to director William Lustig's 1983 film Vigliante. On the commentary for the Blue-Underground DVD release, Director/Blue-Underground president William Lustig told director Enzo G. Castellari that "Street Law" was the inspiration for his film "Vigilante". They both started laughing because "Street Law" was retitled "Vigilante II" in the United Kingdom. This means the film that inspired the other illogically became its "sequel."
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