vigilante film

vigilante film
  usually a type of action film in which the protagonist takes the law into his/her own hands as a self-appointed doer of justice, revenge, and payback.
  Examples: Billy Jack (1971), Walking Tall (1973), Death Wish (1974), Foxy Brown (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), Rolling Thunder (1977), The Road Warrior (1981), Falling Down (1993), Kill Bill, Vol. 1-2 (2003-04)

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