One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.
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- Vance Chandler
- (as Thomas Leopold)
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- GoofsAs the young hoodlums are attempting to dog-nap Jim Kiler's dog Oliver by luring him to their hot rod, you can see cleaners working on the outside of Kiler's home (from when the hoodlums threw paint on it). The hoodlums dog-nap Oliver, and Jim Kiler spends all day and night calling for Oliver and wondering where he is. However, never once did Kiler think to ask the cleaners anything, who no doubt must have heard the loud car engine, heard the hoodlums calling Oliver, and seen them take Oliver away. The cleaners also said nothing of the dog-napping.
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Judge William Vernon: [at the hearing] Will the defendant Carl Dibble please rise?
[Carl stands up]
Judge William Vernon: And Mrs. Dibble, if you too, please.
[she stands up]
Judge William Vernon: Carl Dibble, as a result of your change of plea to nolo contendere er no contest to the lesser charge of hit-and-run driving, it is the recommendation of Dr. Jim Cuyler, the victim, to whom this court applied for such recommendation, that you hereby be declared the ward to this court, that your care, custody, and control be placed under the supervision of a county probation officer for a period of one year. In addition, you will pay $250 immediately and your driver's license is hereby suspended for six months. I need hardly remind you what a very lucky young man you are and what a great debt of gratitude you owe to the compassion of Dr. Cuyler. You may be seated.
[Carl and Mrs. Dibble sit down]
Judge William Vernon: Will the defendant Ronald Werner please rise, also his parents?
[they stand up]
Judge William Vernon: And Vance Chandler and his parents, will they rise?
[they stand up]
Judge William Vernon: Ronald Werner and Vance Chandler, in the light of Carl Dibble's change of plea, this court has no choice but to dismiss the charges against you. In other words, by shouldering the responsibility for the act itself, your friend has just taken you two off the hook. To be, that is not a fortunate circumstance. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler, and Mr. and Mrs. Werner, your sons, though they have escaped retribution for the time being, are in deep, deep trouble! You know it and I know it! And if you don't take hold and do something about it, soon, these boys are gonna wind up in prison some day! However, the law has given both parents and children a second chance and I sincerely trust that you will make the most of it.
- ConnectionsRemade as Outrage (1998)
When the story begins, a group of punk teens are running amok in a nice California neighborhood--pouring loads of garbage into a lady's pool, nearly running over pedestrians, dogs and horses and acting like they are above the law. When one of the folks being menaced by them tries to be constructive and work to have speed bumps and more policing, Jim Kiler (Robert Culp) is attacked by the thugs and they nearly kill him. When the law seem either unable or unwilling to do much of anything, Kiler is backed against the wall and has no other choice but to approach the teens' parents...who don't seem to care in the least. So what is to happen next? Well, considering that the boys go essentially unpunished, you can only assume things will escalate! But Kiler STILL tries very hard to work within the system through much of the movie. Find the film on YouTube and find out for yourself what's next in this family's nightmarish lives.
While the plot might sound quite a bit like "Death Wish", this film came out a year earlier...plus it was set in the suburbs. Additionally, Kiler did NOT react like Bronson did in "Death Wish"-- he didn't go out at night shooting the boys...though considering how awful they were, you certainly wouldn't have blamed his character!
Overall, this is a very well made and exciting film. Culp did a very nice job in the film and it's not just some revenge picture. Plus, it's apparently based on a real case...which adds to the realism. Well worth seeing...and filled with all sorts of funky 70s music!
- planktonrules
- Nov 2, 2016
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