# What are your favorite vigilante/revenge movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680 "2009-06-23T03:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/1 "2009-06-23T03:02:47Z")
I just watched The Brave One with Jody Foster. Now I’m on a vigilante/revenge jag. And I’m not talking about I Spit On Your Grave but something with a bit more to it. Not having much experience with ‘guy’ movies, I turn to the Dope. So, what are your favorite vigilante/revenge movies? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/2 "2009-06-23T03:06:43Z")
Lucky # Slevin for English viewing and the “sympathy series” from Korea (I believe they’re Korean): Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. The latter being quite a distant third in quality of the trio. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/3 "2009-06-23T03:07:37Z")
Denzel Washington’s “Man on Fire.” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/4 "2009-06-23T03:11:27Z")
Braveheart Crank Death Wish Dirty Hairy Get Carter Gladiator Kill Bill Man on Fire Payback Shaft Straw Dogs Taxi Driver The Transporter Unforgiven ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/5 "2009-06-23T03:23:34Z")
A History of Violence ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/6 "2009-06-23T03:33:16Z")
I love _For a Few Dollars More_. The climactic duel is one of the awesomest things ever committed to film. The movie is very eerie\* and has some great gunslinging. It’s not immediately apparent that this is a revenge movie, but stick with it. ETA: \*in parts. It’s not creepy throughout. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/7 "2009-06-23T03:36:53Z")
The Extermintor is one of my favs…probly cus it is the 1st time I remember seeing boobies.Went with my dad…he told me not to tell mom. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/8 "2009-06-23T03:47:06Z")
Not much of a Stallone fan, but the original “First Blood” is actually pretty good, though the sequels are not so hot… ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/9 "2009-06-23T03:49:55Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > A History of Violence Ahhh damn you! How could I forget this movie? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/10 "2009-06-23T03:55:19Z")
**Kind Hearts and Coronets** ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/11 "2009-06-23T04:57:46Z")
Hey thanks for the suggestions guys! I’m aware of some of these movies but haven’t seen very many. Off the update my Netflix queue… ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/12 "2009-06-23T05:00:56Z")
**Point Blank** ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/13 "2009-06-23T05:46:52Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I love _For a Few Dollars More_. The climactic duel is one of the awesomest things ever committed to film. The movie is very eerie\* and has some great gunslinging. It’s not immediately apparent that this is a revenge movie, but stick with it. > > ETA: \*in parts. It’s not creepy throughout. And High Plains Drifter & Pale Rider. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/14 "2009-06-23T06:17:55Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Lucky # Slevin for English viewing and the “sympathy series” from Korea (I believe they’re Korean): Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. The latter being quite a distant third in quality of the trio. I thought Lady Vengeance was possibly the best of the trilogy, at least equal to Oldboy. An excellent series. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/15 "2009-06-23T06:23:16Z")
> [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > I thought Lady Vengeance was possibly the best of the trilogy, at least equal to Oldboy. An excellent series. Is that so? I think Mr. Vengeance was the best of the three. Oldboy started getting really weird (relative to the whole series obviously lol) at the end and that lowered it’s status in my mind. Mr. Vengeance had a coherent story, nothing too outlandish (relative to the others) and it’s lack of dialogue, while still telling a story was a very pleasant departure from Hollywood’s let-me-explain-every-little-detail-about-what’s-going-on. As for Lady Vengeace, it seemed to drag on a bit during the middle. With some of the scenes not particularly advancing the plot or story or anything. Mr. Vengeance to me, had the whole package very neatly tied together, where the others had just a little loose string here or there. Agreed on the last point though. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/16 "2009-06-23T06:25:02Z")
Punisher: War Zone ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/17 "2009-06-23T12:29:58Z")
Taken And if you’ve never seen the tv show Dexter, definitely check it out. The first two seasons are on DVD, and the third should be out soon. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/18 "2009-06-23T13:01:22Z")
[**Nevada Smith**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060748/) with Steve McQueen is an excellent revenge movie! ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/19 "2009-06-23T13:23:24Z")
The Limey. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680/20 "2009-06-23T13:27:01Z")
[Hamlet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116477/) or [Hamlet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171359/) or even [Hamlet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040416/). (The greatest revenge play of them all) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-vigilante-revenge-movies/500680.md?page=2)