* The movie ''TheStarChamber'' is about a judge who decides to join a group of judges who are disgusted with the system and become vigilante men. But during one tangled affair involving drugs, the protagonist comes to realise that justice means something more than arbitrarily killing criminals.
* Jodie Foster in ''TheBraveOne'' plays a ''female'' vigilante, in a meditation on the paranoia and isolation the life of the Vigilante Man(or Woman) would entail, especially if they used to be a "normal" person. Interesting callback to the first Death Wish in her chosen method too.
* Inverted in the Western movie ''HangEmHigh''. Clint Eastwood is the innocent victim of vigilantes who mistake him for a murderer/cattle thief (he unknowingly bought the cattle off the real killer). He then becomes a deputy to bring them to justice, and must resist pressure both situational and personal to take the law into his own hands.
* ''Contract on Cherry Street'' (1977) has FrankSinatra as the leader of a team of NYPD detectives who turn vigilante on TheMafia after one of them is killed.

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* The movie ''Film/TheStarChamber'' is about a judge who decides to join a group of judges who are disgusted with the system and become vigilante men. But during one tangled affair involving drugs, the protagonist comes to realise that justice means something more than arbitrarily killing criminals.
* Creator/JodieFoster in ''Film/TheBraveOne'' plays a ''female'' vigilante, in a meditation on the paranoia and isolation the life of the Vigilante Man(or Woman) would entail, especially if they used to be a "normal" person. Interesting callback to the first ''Film/DeathWish'' in her chosen method too.
* Inverted in the Western movie ''Film/HangEmHigh''. Creator/ClintEastwood is the innocent victim of vigilantes who mistake him for a murderer/cattle thief (he unknowingly bought the cattle off the real killer). He then becomes a deputy to bring them to justice, and must resist pressure both situational and personal to take the law into his own hands.
* ''Contract on Cherry Street'' (1977) has Music/FrankSinatra as the leader of a team of NYPD detectives who turn vigilante on TheMafia after one of them is killed.

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8th Apr '13 6:21:31 PM TwoGunAngel

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* The Sally Field movie ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_for_an_Eye_(1996_film) Eye For An Eye]]'' has Field's character lose her daughter to a serial killer, and stumble onto a conspiracy of Vigilante Men at a support group. They have very specific requirements: They only target killers whose guilt is obvious yet get OffOnATechnicality, and they won't make the kill themselves. Instead, they teach newcomers how to ''make the hit themselves''. Something of a strawman case; [[spoiler:the FBI has recognized a pattern of suspicious deaths among acquitted killers and has planted spies in support groups to ''protect those killers.'' Fields discovers the spy in time to keep from incriminating herself seriously, but agent still threatens Fields with life in prison. Despite being fully aware that the killer has killed again. Ultimately, the FBI is powerless to protect the killer, as Fields pulls off the conspiracy's plan ''perfectly'' - make herself the killer's next target, then kill him in self-defense.]]
* ''HardCandy'': Hayley may qualify as one due to her crusade against pedophile rapists. That or it is just an excuse for purely sadistic crimes.

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* The Sally Field movie ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_for_an_Eye_(1996_film) Eye For An Eye]]'' has Field's character lose her daughter to a serial killer, and stumble onto a conspiracy of Vigilante Men at a support group. They have very specific requirements: They only target killers whose guilt is obvious yet get OffOnATechnicality, and they won't make the kill themselves. Instead, they teach newcomers how to ''make the hit themselves''. Something of a strawman case; [[spoiler:the FBI has recognized a pattern of suspicious deaths among acquitted killers and has planted spies in support groups to ''protect those killers.'' Fields discovers the spy in time to keep from incriminating herself seriously, but the agent still threatens Fields with life in prison. Despite being fully aware that the killer has killed again. Ultimately, the FBI is powerless to protect the killer, as Field pulls off the conspiracy's plan ''perfectly'' - make herself the killer's next target, then kill him in self-defense.]]
* ''HardCandy'': Hayley may qualify as one due to her crusade against pedophile rapists. That or she may be a budding SerialKiller.

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2nd Apr '13 4:21:40 PM Nohbody

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"From a certain point of view" just sounds like another way of saying "arguable". Also some other cleaning, including removing the Judge Dredd entry, as the Judges are appointed BY the law to be Judge Jury And Executioner.

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2nd Apr '13 4:16:58 PM Nohbody

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character alignment tropes are YMMV material; Also some other tweaks including namespacing and unhiding work wicks

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