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It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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

Vigilante Newspaper Article: "Training For Action Flick Pulls No Punches"Actor Robert Diaz is getting in the ring in preparation for his upcoming lead role in the Gold Coast, filmed and produced feature film Vigilante. The runaway bay actor has been training for six times a week with martial arts instructor and boxer Glen McLaren, practicing realistic fight-scene-techniques and working on enlarging his bugling muscles. Diaz, who starred in Scooby-Doo, says this was his first major role.The script has been written by Gold Coast director Aash Aaron and will be produced by his production company, Outlandish Films.The first scene will be spot at the Spit later this month. "It's a classic revenge story with a twist. A guy searching for the people who murdered his girlfriend and journeys to the dark side," said Diaz. McLaren will star as Diaz's boxing trainer, as well as training the actors and choreographing fight scenes."We have professional fighters in the film so its important their punches and kicks are in line with the street fighting, thug style to make it realistic." Said McLaren. One of the "thug" bad guys is Logan actor Ozzie Dervish. "I'm always the bad guy, its a type cast i have established for myself", he said. The mean looking Dervish was shaping up with Diaz in the ring at the Gold Coast PCYC yesterday.Diaz said the entire film would be shot on location around Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and The Spit. "We have spoken to a number of distributors and we are lining up for cinema realize in Australia as well as the US and the UK," he said."We are making a universal film to appeal to a wider demographic, it's going to have international appeal." Diaz said there were ten lead roles, 30 speaking parts and more than 100 extras, as well as the 30-strong film crew.He said capital has been from local private investors across the Gold Coast who wanted to put their money into a rewarding project.

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).

Well done Aash Aaron Studios.Vigilante and ICU are awesome!I especially love how you use local Queensland actors instead of going interstate.Some stand out actors are actually Aash's previous acting students I found out! All of whom have moved on to many other feature films and TV shows?Margot Robbie, Christian Radford, James R Dean and of course Ozzie Dervish. (Who just quietly, steals ever scene he is in, in both films). He is one mean looking bastard! Those eyes simply scare the crap out of me. I'd hate to run into him in a dark alley!Richard D