在美国暴力犯罪情况日益严重的七十年代初期，邪恶本片石破天惊地公然提出“以暴易暴"的主张，邪恶让受害者自力救济对罪犯展开暴力反击，在首映当年曾引起相当热烈的讨论。动作巨星查尔斯．布朗森饰演的一名温文商人，当他的太太和女儿被暴徒强奸，而爱妻更因而致死时，他的整个人生态度改变了。他开始主动出击，在暗夜的纽约街头找寻那些可能的暴力犯加以制裁，警方对这名神秘的城市英雄感到困惑：难道打击犯罪真的要这样子才有效吗？导演迈克尔．温纳成功地塑造了一个以暴易暴的英雄，他们忍无可忍之后的出手普遍赢得观众的认同，老查的演出也相当精彩。杰夫．戈德布拉姆初登银幕，饰演其中一名暴徒。影片对暴力采取极端写实的手法，远离暴力的娱乐化倾向。该片在1982、1985、1987、1994年分别推出四部续集，但毫无新意，均遭恶评。
裘海正
回复 :律师麦克被卷入到一个领养机构和黑人青年的案件中来。逐渐了解到真相的他，从一开始不情不愿帮黑人辩护到主动出击，替黑人受害者讨回公道。
高慧君
回复 :暴雨代替了众人的无语，空气裡的震惊与愤怒如鹰，盘旋在豪宅的大厅，等待著迟迟未归的男主人保罗。拥有高薪工作、漂亮妻子和可爱小孩的他，犯了禁忌的爱，而被阻隔在完美的生活门外。他的家人和教会，决定以上帝之名治癒他、拯救他。教堂内，轰隆的祷念不断灌入保罗耳内，喃念之语泛起震盪，碎裂了他的精神，以恐惧黏组成满佈裂痕的信念。出轨到出柜，爱上在世俗眼光中不该爱的人。保罗与新欢搬进新公寓，开始自由的新生活，但他的心却未曾安心入住。他的爱情，被视为罪与疾病，受到各方抵制、谴责；他被所爱之人折磨，痛苦地徘徊在伤害和幸福之间。「我想了解一个受过教育的人，最终会如何陷入他自己心中的监牢。宗教环境、政治压迫和传统家庭，又如何压迫男人的同性情爱。」──加伊罗．布斯塔曼德
苏云
回复 :What could the fate of the Villa Empain, Baron Empain’s crazy project in Brussels, which has gone through a long and eventful journey since its completion in 1934, possibly inspire? Katharina Kastner’s challenge was to draw the portrait of the place, keeping in mind the work of time, like in a human existence. Shot in 16mm, her film appeals to the senses, it captures the stirring of leaves undulating in the garden light, the movement of iridescent pearls, or the colourful games of a piece by Daniel Buren. Without a word, but with a caressing camera, she pays close attention to the hidden patterns on the gorgeous marbles, or to the veins in the most precious types of wood used to decorate the rooms. In slight touches, regardless of the monumental aspect of the 27.000 square-feet villa and the pool that so impressed its first visitors, Katharina Kastner o ers an organic vision of the place, which has been marked by the trials and tribulations of life, and used successively as a museum, an embassy and a squat, until its final renovation. The clever editing makes furtive connections, underlines colour associations, mixes up times and tactile sensations, while the spaces we explore keep rustling. The film takes us on a reminiscing journey, with slices of Empain’s life, from the family archive here on a holiday, there playing on the beach, images from a distant past that keep haunting the premises. The film reveals to us this living space that was designed like a piece of art, but it does so in a wandering way. This dream vision guides us through the villa like an echo of foregone fantasies, a mental space, but also a welcoming backdrop for the work of time. A bit like the fingerprint work we see in the film, or the slight touch of a pencil on a blank sheet.
