Movies and TvShows featuring "police-vigilantism" theme.
After receiving her ex-husband's novel, a wealthy art gallery owner is consumed by its violent and symbolic revenge story, leading her to reflect on her own unhappiness and past regrets.
The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption. In the fictional town of Garrison, New Jersey, a number of residents are NYPD officers. The local sheriff Freddy Heflin is secretly in love with Liz Randone, whose life he once saved after a car accident. One night, Murray Babitch, nephew of Lt. Ray Donlan, is involved in an accident that leads to him faking his suicide to avoid exposing the corruption of the other officers. Internal Affairs investigator Lt. Moe Tilden asks Heflin to provide information on the corrupt cops in his town, but Heflin is intimidated and reluctant to betray them. Despite the initial success of the cover-up, the corrupt cops eventually decide that Babitch must be killed. Heflin realizes his mistake and steals the case files on the corrupt cops, discovering the extent of their corruption. He brings Babitch to New York City to turn him over to Internal Affairs, but is ambushed and disabled. He manages to follow the corrupt officers to Donlan's house, where a shootout occurs. Heflin kills two of the corrupt officers and is shot in the shoulder by Leo Crasky, but is saved by the arrival of Figgsy. In the end, Figgsy and Heflin personally take Babitch to Internal Affairs, and after the scandal is investigated, Heflin goes back to work.
In 1949 Los Angeles, gangster Mickey Cohen controls the city, but a team of cops led by John O'Mara are determined to take him down and restore peace. They face corruption, violence, and danger as they dismantle Cohen's empire.
In a dystopian future, a cyborg police officer must battle against corporate crime and organized crime syndicates. With the help of other police officers and a resistance group, he fights to bring justice to a city on the brink of collapse.
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him. Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) covered in blood and slumped in the backseat of a police car as it races to a hospital with lights and sirens blaring. He has just been shot in the face. The rest of the movie tells the story of Serpico's career up to this moment, starting with him becoming a police officer in 1960. He is very idealistic and believes in non-brutal methods to catch criminals. Serpico also refuses to join in on police corruption, specifically that which involves shaking down and taking payoffs from gambling and drug dealing organizations. His refusal to take bribes earns him the suspicion of his fellow officers throughout the majority of the precincts to which he is assigned. Additionally, Serpico finds trouble fitting in due to his embrace of the counterculture of the 1960s: He moves to Greenwich Village, grows his hair and beard long to the point where he must maintain a plainclothes appearance, and associates with a more left-wing crowd that is distrusting of the NYPD. At first Serpico tries appealing to his bosses about the corruption, but gets nowhere. He enlists a highly-connected fellow officer, Bob Blair (Tony Roberts) in his fight against corruption, but not even he can crack the city administration's general indifference. His campaign and the resulting complications and harassment within the department take a toll on his mental health and his relationship with fiancee Laurie (Barbara Eda-Young), who ultimately leaves him. After meeting a sympathetic police inspector who agrees to assist him with both disrupting the gambling rackets and later calling attention to the problem by going to the New York Times, he is transferred to narcotics, as he has always wanted. However, he finds himself in an even more corrupt and hostile atmosphere than before, where he has mostly enemies and almost no allies due to the reputation he has garnered. As a result, he is shot in the face during a raid on a heroin lab due to his fellow officers' reluctance to come to his aid. After being left for dead and eventually discovered by two uniformed officers, the story takes over from the beginning and shows a recuperating Serpico being tended to by his family and few remaining friends as well as being anonymously harassed with hate mail. At the end of the film, Serpico testifies to the Knapp Commission on police corruption. The film ends with him waiting to board a ship; despite being promoted to detective (a lifelong ambition of his) and being decorated by the department for "conspicuous bravery in action" (along with the two officers who abandoned him during the drug raid) he resigns from the NYPD and emigrates to Switzerland.
Leatherface is a horror movie about a brutal psychopathic killer who escapes from an asylum and goes on a violent killing spree. The police, desperate to stop him, engage in vigilantism, leading to extreme violence and brutality. As the body count rises, Leatherface's true origin as a member of an evil family of killers is revealed.
When a police officer receives a distressed phone call from a woman who has been kidnapped, he must navigate a race against time to save her while battling his own personal demons and guilt. Set in a single location, the officer must rely on his desk work and emergency telephone calls to uncover clues and track down the kidnapper. As the tension rises, the plot takes unexpected twists and revelations, all within a one-day timespan.
Detective Sergeant Ma Jun fights against a ruthless Vietnamese gang led by Tony when they kidnap his police officer sister. As the confrontation escalates, Ma Jun is faced with difficult decisions and a race against time to save his sister and bring down the gang.
Batman: Year One follows the early career of Bruce Wayne as he becomes the masked vigilante, Batman. As he learns the ropes of crime-fighting in Gotham City, he must also navigate the corrupt police force and the dangerous mobsters who run the city. With the help of his loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth and the skilled cat burglar Selina Kyle, Batman fights for justice and takes on the powerful crime bosses that plague the city.
Elijah Kane's (Steven Seagal) knowledge of espionage tactics reconnaissance equipment and counter terrorism comes from an education that wasn't gained in Seattle's police academy but from years of being deep undercover in the war against terrorism. Kane's history is now causing uncertainty in the team's future as Mason and Radner members of Kane's Special Investigation Unit are badly beaten by masked military-trained men. Working through the confusion that Kane's military past is causing Sarah and Juliet are after yet another serial rapist in Seattle. The SIU is put on the case only after it proves too much for Lt. Humphreys' (guest star Rachel Luttrell) Special Victims Bureau. The team's caseload continues to rise when they find the bodies of runway models killed in a fashion too disturbing for even this SIU team. Two cases are never the same and the SIU team is stretched thin by the gaining strength of Seattle's crime world in this Urban Warfare.
After the city of Mosul is overrun by ISIS, a group of brave police officers form an elite unit to fight against the terrorist organization and reclaim their city.
Magnum Force is a 1973 action crime drama movie where a police detective named Harry Callahan investigates a series of murders carried out by a vigilante group targeting criminals. As he gets deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a web of corruption within the police force. With the lines between right and wrong blurred, Callahan must decide where his loyalties lie and how far he is willing to go to uphold justice.
In a near-future, crime-ridden city, Robocop, a humanoid cyborg, fights against urban decay and corruption. With his enhanced abilities and high-tech weaponry, he becomes a one-man army against gangsters and criminals, seeking justice in a brutal and gritty urban setting.
Edge of Darkness follows a police officer, Thomas Craven, who seeks justice after his daughter is murdered. As he investigates her death, he uncovers a web of conspiracy and political corruption. Craven must navigate a dangerous underworld to uncover the truth and avenge his daughter's death.
Line of Duty follows the story of a female reporter and a vlogger who find themselves entangled in a dangerous web of police action, suspense, and media coverage. As they chase down a police chief involved in corruption, they must navigate through a culture clash and deal with the consequences of their actions. With wisecrack humor and intense chase sequences, this movie is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
After uncovering a conspiracy involving corruption, scandal, and organized crime, a tough cop must navigate a dangerous web of deception to expose the truth and bring justice to Detroit.
In Machete Kills, the tough and fearless ex-Federale Machete is recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist plot involving a powerful cartel leader and a nuclear missile. With over-the-top violence, stylized fights, and absurd humor, Machete must navigate through a world of assassins, villains, and femme fatales to save the day.
A serial killer sows panic in the city of Seattle leaving several victims behind, all chosen under the same pattern: young women related to the world of nightclubs and a mysterious ritual of black magic.
The Mod Squad is a 1999 crime thriller film that follows a group of young cops who have troubled pasts. They are sent undercover to solve crimes and bring down a drug trafficking ring. Along the way, they face danger, conspiracy, and police brutality. Can they come together as a team and overcome the odds?
Elijah Kane, the head of a Special Investigation Unit, and his skilled four-member team track a network of drug dealers and killers led by Russian mastermind, Nikoli Putin, in the dangerous outskirts of Seattle. These intense undercover Seattle cops are led by Kane, a mysterious ex-military and karate influenced leader, who doesn't have time for the paper work or the political headaches that surround a uniformed job. With his edgy tight-knit team, he tackles these murderous characters by making and playing by his own rules and getting the job done.