Sentences with phrase «of vigilante»

Perhaps it's just an example of vigilante justice, but I try to take it upon myself to return the rudeness, but one notch higher...: lol:

The show follows Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), a paranoid security engineer who, in addition to his day job working for a massive corporation, engages in acts of vigilante hacking.

The homeless are sometimes detained as a matter of policy for offenses that would ordinarily not be enforced or for marginal medical reasons, primarily as a matter of protective custody, when there is a fear that the individuals will suffer serious injury from exposure or from circumstances that make them particularly likely to be victims (e.g. following a surge of vigilante killings of homeless people).

Should the law encourage a type of vigilante justice, taking the law into one's own hands?

... What Scalia says is that the Constitution does not protect our kids, our teenagers and our young adults from the excesses of vigilante cops and corrupt public officials.

The rapist turns out to be the leader of the vigilante group.

We're not always sure of this vigilante's intentions, but she seems to fight for the greater good.

In his absence, models of the vigilante's home planet — an assembly of many sculptures — litter the floor, while a series of lenticular light boxes limn their presence.

Now installed at MUAC, the piece is centred around a silent, black - and - white film that narrates the story of a migrant family who is lynched by the community to which they've migrated — a timeless scenario which, according to the artist, metaphorically points to the breakdown of the state, and the rise of vigilante justice.

Last time it was the unboxing of the Vigilante Edition.

Players will assume the role of Aiden Pearce, a new type of vigilante who, with the help of his smart phone, will use his ability to hack into Chicago's central operating system (ctOS) and control almost every element of the city.

Actress Alyssa Milano plays Marian, leader of a vigilante group in a fight against the gangs.

Players will assume the role of Aiden Pearce, a new type of vigilante who, with the help of his smartphone, will use his ability to hack into Chicago's central operating system (ctOS) and control almost every element of the city.

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UPDATE: While I'm at it, let me share an excerpt from a 5 - star review left on Amazon by thriller writer Claude Bouchard, author of Vigilante and other novels:

DEA Country Attaché, Zachary Mason is in charge of a covert operation to remove El Fantasma, with the help of a vigilante, El Angel, and a retired undercover agent, Raymond Garrett.

Train Hopper follows a day in the life of gunslinging outlaw Jesse McCree, the former Blackwatch operative who metes out his own brand of vigilante justice.

Yes, it's the sort of vigilante justice that makes folk heroes popular, but it's also a moral heart that has only become more necessary.

These two join forces to investigate a strange case of vigilante killings that seem to be the work of a wolf and a man!

So, to celebrate this archetypal hero, I aim to feature here other past and contemporary writers of vigilante fiction, as well.

(A later version of Bigger Than Jesus added the tagline: «Thou shalt not steal» and I got a nice cover blurb from Claude Bouchard, author of Vigilante.)

The body count is still high, but many of the deaths come at the hands of the vigilante heroes, which makes for a more compelling experience.

It's not his best film by far but this mix of vigilante / revenge movie and eco-conscious stand against corruption makes for an inspired twist on a familiar genre.

Some might read the film as a celebration of vigilante justice, or even a robust case for the death penalty.

Up to the challenge, he proves to be an easy underdog to root for as he doles out a bloody brand of vigilante justice in search of his imperiled spouse.

The story of a vigilante assassin was being keenly awaited and with 13 episodes in the Season 1, The Punisher looks like a promising series.

Death Wish's biggest problem is a much more thoughtful examination of vigilante justice recently came out with Netflix's The Punisher series.

Sounds like every other version of this vigilante story since the 1974 original.

He's drawn to the frazzled, the hapless, the mistake - prone, and if Green Room, like Blue Ruin before it, can't ultimately resist the visceral thrill of vigilante justice, at least it isn't afraid to make its characters look scared and weak and powerless and recognizably human.

While the cops are stymied by the lack of concrete evidence in the case, San Francisco homicide detective Harry Callahan (Eastwood, Joe Kidd) begins to suspect that the culprit is one of their own, perhaps a renegade traffic cop exacting his own brand of vigilante justice.

This tells me that the notion of vigilante justice is alive and well in Hollywood.

The film's glamorisation of vigilante justice resonated with an increasingly paranoid audience in 1974.

I think even setting it down next to The Expendables is useful, insofar as it makes vivid the gulf between our collective fantasies (if not wet dreams) of vigilante heroism and how they might translate into action on the ground.

Batman continues to act as a force of vigilante justice in Gotham City, but his presence causes a number of copy - cat «crime - fighters» to complicate the situation.

This fourth installment was again produced, written and directed by Oscar - winner George Miller (for Happy Feet) who tapped Tom Hardy to replace disgraced Mel Gibson in the title role as Max Rockatansky, the highway patrol officer - turned - intrepid road warrior given to dispensing a grisly brand of vigilante justice.

Cartel Land follows two fronts of the drug war, but from the perspective of frustrated citizens instead of government officials: Arizona Border Recon head Tim Foley, and Jose Mireles, the leader of a vigilante group who fight off cartel gangs from taking over villages.

Following her recovery, her husband enlists the services of a vigilante group, when approached by stranger (Guy Pearce).

Eventually, some 20 minutes in and after Joe has returned to the humble home he shares with his aging mother (Judith Roberts), we learn that Joe is not, in fact, a serial killer but a ruthless and specific sort of vigilante.

To get even for this parental act of vigilante justice, Freddy seeks to wreak vengeance on the teenage children of Marge and her peers.

«The Punisher» (1989)- Dolph Lundgren donned a signature skull shirt for a violent adaptation of the story of vigilante Frank Castle, a.k.a The Punisher

The final product of A Vigilante may have left me feeling indifferent, but I commend the places Daggar - Nickson took the typically predictable story to deliver a fresh take on the revenge thriller that leans more into the emotional aftermath of the everyday violence that thousands of women suffer through on a daily basis, while also letting Wilde be a complete badass.

The series sat dormant for eight years until Isopod Labs, a group of developers consisting of three members of the Vigilante 8 team, brought the series back to the forefront with Vigilante 8 Arcade.

The movie was written by Oscar - winning L.A. Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland, who owns the peculiar distinction of having, in two consecutive years, adapted a contemplative critique of the futility of revenge (Mystic River) and a simplistic celebration of vigilante justice.

To sum up for the impatient folks, this is a movie about a dead kid's attempt, from beyond the grave, to exact revenge on the abusive stepfather of the girl on whom he has a crush, using his grieving mother as the tool of vigilante justice.

Part crime - drama and part action romp, «Snitch» is a forgettable story of vigilante justice that fails to follow through with its overarching sociopolitical leanings.

Actress Olivia Wilde attends the premiere of A Vigilante at the Paramount Theatre on March 10, 2018 in Austin, Texas.

Unflinching and compelling, this gutsy documentary blames governmental failure for the rise of vigilante groups who are taking on drug cartels either...

In this film by the makers of You're Next, a practically unrecognizable Stevens stars as David, a man who seduces the family of a deceased fellow soldier with insane shows of vigilante justice and front - row views of his abdominal musculature.

Gregg Hurwitz's screenplay seems to be endorsing the therapeutic benefits of vigilante violence for dealing with bereavement as well as for addressing alleged child abuse.

For his part, Superman / Clark Kent is troubled by batman's brand of vigilante justice and its effect on civil liberties, and openly says so via articles in the Daily Planet.