后911时代“复仇电影”的大行其道,暗示了美国人正面临与上世纪70年代相似的精神困惑。1974年,《猛龙怪客》公然揭破执法者的无能,石破天惊地提出“以血还血,以暴易暴”的主张,成了“复仇电影”的扛鼎之作。男主角是纽约建筑师,妻女被害,他眼看警察无力,于是自我武装在街上巡逻,铲除街头罪犯,成了义务警察。 The popularity of the post-September 11, “The Revenge of the Cinema,” suggests that Americans are facing similar mental distress as they did in the 1970s. In 1974, “Raptors” openly exposed the incompetence of law enforcers, and marvelously put forward the proposition of “taking blood and blood to violent violence” as the carrying film of “Revenge Cinema”. The actor, a New York architect who killed his wife and daughter, saw the police weakness and armed themselves with patrolling the streets to eradicate street criminals and became compulsory police.