Man on Fire (2004)
Tony Scott's 2004 Mexico City revenge thriller. One of the great late-career Denzel performances.
Genre: Vigilante
Justice outside the law, one grim decision at a time. Vigilante film reviews weighing the genre’s power fantasies against its honest reckonings.
ActionDeath Wish (1974-1994)
Architect-turned-vigilante across two decades of declining quality. The series follows Paul Kersey, an architect whose wife is murdered and daughter assaulted in the original film, after which he becomes a vigilante.
ActionDeath Wish (2018)
Eli Roth's 2018 Death Wish remake with Bruce Willis. Updates the original to Chicago.
ActionNobody 1 & 2 (2021, 2025)
Derek Kolstad screenplay, John Wick adjacent action. Nobody (2021) and Nobody 2 (2025) form a two-film series starring Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, a former government intelligence operative who has retired into suburban anonymity and returns to violent action when…
ThrillerThe Brave One (2007)
Neil Jordan's 2007 NYC vigilante film. Jodie Build as a radio host transformed by trauma.
ThrillerAssault on Wall Street (2013)
Uwe Boll's 2013 post-financial-crisis vigilante film. Dominic Purcell as a security guard ruined by Wall Street.