YMMV / Out for Justice

• Anti-Climax Boss: When Gino finally gets to Richie, he beats him so thoroughly that Richie's continued attempts to put up a fight become almost comical until Gino finally puts him out of his misery. Downplayed, though, since Richie does last longer than any of Gino's other opponents.
• Complete Monster: Richie Madano is a drug-addicted psychopath with a Hair-Trigger Temper. This noxious combination results in a multitude of deaths; when his girlfriend cheats on him with a cop, Richie first kills his girlfriend before shooting the cop dead in front of the latter’s family. Richie goes on to terrorize and kill everyone in his way after this; when a woman makes the mistake of honking at him in traffic, Richie blows her brains out, and he later murders his own wheelchair-bound ally out of nothing but baseless paranoia. Even Richie’s own family, including his long-abused brother, fear for their lives if they were to ever get on his bad side.
• Evil Is Cool: As much of a horrible person as he is, Richie Madano displays plenty of Villainous Virtues and doesn't back down from anything, and despite being a normal human fueled mostly by alcohol and drugs, is insanely vicious and resourceful enough to elude Gino, The Mafia, and the police for a whole day.
• Heartwarming Moments: Every scene Gino shares with the abandoned puppy he adopts.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Gino adopts an abandoned dog and calls him Coraggio, which is Italian for courage.
• Narm: The scene where Gino blows the leg off some mook with a shotgun and the guy just keeps hopping on one foot and yelling (Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh no! Oh you took my fucking leg! Oh! Oh! Oh, you motherfucker!)
• Retroactive Recognition: A young John Leguizamo is a boy in the alley.
• Tear Jerker: The scenes featuring Richie's parents. His mother is futilely begging for her son to receive mercy, while his father is already resigned to Richie's death and is depressed about how his other children are being dragged into things, such as when Patti is locked in jail to put pressure on Gino.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Some wish the tough captain played by Jerry Orbach had gotten a more direct role in the plot and the manhunt.
  • Richie's sister Patti, who seems to have a history with Gino, is played by Gina Gershon, is arrested to put pressure on her brother, and is a colorful presence but ultimately has little impact on the plot.

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