Although many compared it to Batman at the time of its release, a more accurate comparison would be to RoboCop, with its tone of sadistic violence tempered with tongue - in - cheek humor, and the storyline of retribution against the corporate bigwigs that took all but his life away. (qwipster.net)
Re-edited in the UK to avoid an 18 certificate because of «one scene of strong sadistic violence (a garroting)» the mind boggles as to what could have been cut — there are still two garrotings left in there. (digitalspy.com)
After, I went back to Track of the Cat to see where the events of this «first» Anna park experience led into her subsequent behavior and could not find any rationale for writing this «first» with such sadistic violence. (amazon.com)