The title says it all and not in a good way. "A Vigilante" has another abused woman fighting back scenario wrapped up as piece of cheap exploitation rather than as a serious study with the opening five minutes telling us all we need to know about what will follow. We are clearly in 'Death Wish' territory but this highly offensive film makes the Michael Winner movie seem like some kind of progressive masterpiece which it clearly wasn't.
Olivia Wilde is the kick-ass, (and a lot else), vigilante of the title who takes it on herself to rid abused women and children of their abusers. Written and directed by a woman, Sarah Daggar-Nickson, (Daggar? Can she be real?), the film, rather than highlighting the issues of abuse, by the sheer offensiveness of its tone and the almost total lack of talent up on the screen, seems almost misogynistic in its treatment of women. Shocking as in shockingly bad.
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