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Defiance Reviews
Defiance Reviews
| 15 of 17 people found the following review helpful  NYC was one SCARY place back in the day!, By Alex Rosas (New York City) - See all my reviews This review is from: Defiance (Amazon.com Exclusive) [VHS] (VHS Tape) It's a shame that this movie is so relatively unknown and barely seen on TV anymore. Anyone who is a fan of gritty, urban flicks set in NYC in the '70s and early '80s ("Death Wish," "Taxi Driver," "Gloria," "Fort Apache, the Bronx," etc.) should definitely check out 1979's "Defiance," starring Jan Michael Vincent as Tom Gamble, a merchant seaman who is forced to reside in Manhattan's Lower East Side until he can find employment on another ship. As it turns out, the Lower East Side (or "L.E.S." as it has come to be known over the years by its actual residents) is run by a vicious street gang known as the Savage Souls, and it isn't long before Gamble and the Souls are at odds with each other, culminating in a brutal (and very realistically-staged) fight between Gamble and the gang's leader in the hallways and stairways of a housing project .As a Puerto Rican who has lived in Manhattan all of his life, I'll be the... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful  A treasure !, By This review is from: Defiance (Amazon.com Exclusive) [VHS] (VHS Tape) Why is it that other less works get a dvd release and this does not? 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful Classic old-school action flick!!, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Defiance (DVD) I saw this on cable TV many times, I even had it recorded on my DVR box, until the hard drive went out. I was glad when I saw it finally available on DVD. I'm puzzled though as to why it was released on a DVD-R format. I'm sure that this film was popular (at least in cult status), to warrant a release on standard DVD. The film print that this was copied from looks kind of grainy at times (the version on cable looked a lot sharper and richer), but the overall sound is good. I'm just glad to finally have it on DVD, period. |
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