Vigilante

I think this movie needs two grades, one for hardcore rock/metal fans who are ALSO into mixed-martial arts (MMA) and/or the ultimate fighting championship (UFC), and one for a more general audience. My review's for the latter:

'Low budget' says it for the obvious: poor special effects, poor quality audio and video, etc.

But sadly (considering I wish we, Australia, would have more success with movies), it's equally as bad when it comes to the rest: * very weak acting for the most part * poor casting (the main actor looks inherently happy and easygoing, but he's playing an enraged vigilante seeking revenge for a heinous crime) * and the plot is

(a) fairly simple/straightforward,

(b) a copy of plots used in numerous other movies,

(c) no improvement on the plots it's copying

Having lived on the Gold Coast all my life, it was cool to see an action film set here at last.

I know a lot of US films get made here, but rarely are they set here.

Well here is a film where a guy goes nuts on the scum of the street.

My streets!

What a blast!

Sure it was a low budget film but what these guys did with what they didn't have impressed me.

It seems all it lacked was money because the action scenes were great.

Especially the fight scenes.

And the story was great and the acting as well.

Besides the lead guy unfortunately, but everyone else was awesome. Especially Ozzie Devrish and Christian Radford. They cracked me up, oh and their boss who I didn't know.

Anyway rock on Gold coast filmmakers! Keep at it!

Aash Aaron has created an amazing couple of films.

ICU & Vigilante.

I can't wait to see what is next? We support you her on the Gold Coast Bro and love your films.

You write, producer, direct, cast, edit and whatever else? Man what don't you do? Rock on man your films are awesome! I don't know why anyone would want to rip you off? You do what hardly any other filmmakers in Australia do.

Which is produce one film after another.

Very cool.

I just want to say I am proud to be a fellow Australian filmmaker! Or better still a fellow Queensland filmmaker! Or better still an Australian, Queensland, Gold Coast filmmaker! We are rising to the top guys! Aash was one of the first independent genre filmmakers to just get out there and do it, and now there are loads of us following his lead! Vigilante and ICU are great! Well done Aash! We at the Gold Coast Filmmakers group support you! Cant wait for your next film Tormented Souls and hope to be a part of it! I have only made short films so far but features like you Aash are next on my list.

Deb

I'm not sure who the people giving this 8 and 9 are, but they didn't watch the same movie I did. So, what can you expect.

The acting is B grade (or lower). The sound is terrible (I think every punch in the movie has the same sound). Colour is off. The writing is poor and unbelievable. But, worst of all, the plot sucks.

And that's really the most important thing in a low budget movie. You can put up with bad acting or bad sound, as long as the story is something fresh and new. That's how Mad Max and Saw came about (and to a lesser extent, Paranormal Activity and Blair Witch).

But Vigilante's plot is almost a carbon copy of The Punisher, and even then it's not original.

If you happen to live in Qld (Gold Coast) you might find a redeeming feature by seeing 'your town' on the screen, but for most people, just watch the Thomas Jane / John Travolta version of The Punisher (which in itself is flawed, but much better).