{"id":85,"date":"2006-03-26T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2006-03-26T20:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85"},"modified":"2022-09-05T11:54:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:54:52","slug":"exterminator-the-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Exterminator, The (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If you&#8217;re lying, I&#8217;ll be back.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Poster-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Poster.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nVietnam vet John Eastland (Robert Ginty) seeks revenge for the brutal beating of his best friend (Steve James), and eventually becomes an all-purpose vigilante in New York City. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Eggar Films<\/li>\n<li>Veterans<\/li>\n<li>Vigilantes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis &#8220;ugly urban melodrama&#8221; is a clear rip-off of Charles Bronson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76264\"><em>Death Wish<\/em> (1974)<\/a> &#8212; and, despite its erstwhile popularity (according to Peary, &#8220;audiences cheered when [Ginty] tortured the bad guys&#8221;), it&#8217;s certainly not must-see viewing. The screenplay lacks any nuance at all, with director James Glickenhaus portraying his villains as &#8220;the dirtiest, hairiest, most disgusting youth gang imaginable&#8221;.  Perhaps most interesting is the film&#8217;s status as part of the subgenre of &#8220;Vietnam vets gone wild&#8221;; along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75\"><em>Shoot<\/em><\/a> (1976), <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69714\"><em>Deathdream<\/em> (1974)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=140\"><em>Joe<\/em> <\/a>(1970) and others, <em>The Exterminator <\/em>capitalizes on the titillating trope of trigger-happy vets. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mildly interesting premise<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Exterminator-Still.png 1723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a fan of vigilante films. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0080707\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightviews.com\/exterminator.htm\">Light Views Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re lying, I&#8217;ll be back.&#8221; Synopsis: Vietnam vet John Eastland (Robert Ginty) seeks revenge for the brutal beating of his best friend (Steve James), and eventually becomes an all-purpose vigilante in New York City. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: New York City Revenge Samantha Eggar Films Veterans Vigilantes Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: This &#8220;ugly urban melodrama&#8221; is a clear rip-off of Charles Bronson&#8217;s Death Wish (1974) &#8212; and, despite its erstwhile popularity (according to Peary, &#8220;audiences cheered when [Ginty]&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86860,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/86860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}