The Exterminator

The Exterminator

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Overview:

A man\'s best friend is killed on the streets of New York City. The man then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York City into a great war zone, and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.

Released: 1980-09-10
Duration: 01:41:00
Tags: Exploitation
Tags: Exploitation
Keywords: Rapist War Buddy Vietnam War Veteran 1970s New York Motorcycle Helmet Protection Racket Army Veteran Revenge Ex Soldier Bare Chested Male Bondage Brothel Burned To Death Bare Chested Male Vigilante Justice Vigilantism Action Hero Locker Room New York City Sexual Violence Sex Slave Child Molester Rape Flamethrower Vigilante Black Hair Dying Young Criminal Crime Victim Grindhouse Film Suspense Man In A Bed Man Wears Eyeglasses Scene Of The Crime Child In Jeopardy Cia Central Intelligence Agency Friend Man Helicopter Shot War Scene Killed With A Machete Meat Packing Plant Doberman Red Light District Eaten By A Rat Hollow Point Bullet Making A Bullet Weapons Cache Army Buddy Weapons Locker Garrote Vietnam Female Frontal Nudity Nurse New Jersey Cover-up Pipe Smoking Truck Driver Car Set On Fire Shot In The Shoulder Rogue Agent Falling From Height Showdown Flashlight Chase Arrest Killing Spree Ambulance Firefighter Apartment Elevator Car Off Bridge Death Of Husband Shot Through A Window Sociopath Rape Victim Cia Agent Bound And Gagged Tied To A Bed Tied To A Chair Animal Killing Animal Attack Home Invasion Kidnapping Money Toilet Blowtorch Bulletproof Vest Newspaper Headline Prostitute Pimp Handcuffs Junkie Drug Addict Flare Hypodermic Needle Injection Brutality Party Interrogation Police Raid Rat Aircraft Carrier Phone Booth Female Doctor Investigation Hit With A Baseball Bat Baseball Bat Jackhammer 1980s Stabbed In The Back Concert Magnum Handgun Character's Point Of View Camera Shot Subjective Camera Threatened With A Knife Knife Switchblade Bodyguard Fight Soldier U.S. Army Flare Gun Flashback Garrotte Severed Head Deception Fistfight Machete Prisoner Of War Rescue Hostage Held At Gunpoint Cigarette Smoking Cigar Smoking Gasoline Fire Robbery Person On Fire Gang Gunfight Brawl Battlefield Battle Combat Meat Processing Plant Car Accident Warehouse Car Motorcycle Chase Motorcycle Exploding Car Brooklyn Bridge World Trade Center Manhattan New York City Opening Action Scene Explosion Restaurant Hot Dog Bartender Bar Senator Burn Scar Sadist Mafia Organized Crime Gangster Mafia Boss Mob Boss Crime Boss Slow Motion Scene Corpse Police Officer Killed Police Station Detective Police Detective Blood Splatter Blood Hand Grenade Ak 47 Shotgun Sniper Rifle Sniper Rifle Machine Gun Pistol Revolver Shot To Death Shot In The Leg Shot In The Back Shot In The Chest Police Warrior Tough Guy One Man Army Anti Hero Times Square Manhattan New York City Female Journalist New York City Skyline Brooklyn, New York City Chrysler Building Manhattan New York City Social Decay Urban Decay Neo-noir F Word Media Coverage News Report American Abroad Vietnam War Friendship Between Men Two Friends Motorcycle Theft Murder Of A Police Officer Hospital Bed Killed With A Gun Murder By Gunshot Scene During End Credits Male Protagonist Opening A Door Night Scene During Opening Credits Scene Before Opening Credits Dog Attack Killing A Dog First Part Visit N Word Helicopter Hospital Song During End Credits Two Word Title Song During Opening Credits Widow Lying On Bed Dying In Bed Dying In Hospital Torture Man On Fire Beating Shootout Manhattan New York City Statue Of Liberty New York City Family Relationships Central Park Manhattan New York City Fictional War Euthanasia Dog Weaponry Veteran Street Crime Spinal Injury Shot In The Groin Sexual Torture Sexual Sadism Secret Mission Secret Hideaway Secret Cargo River Docks Punk Political Corruption Police Investigation Police Interrogation Picnic Pedophilia Genital Mutilation Gang Violence Gang Member Gang Hideout Disfigurement Death Dead Dog Child Slave Child Rape Child Prostitution Child Prostitute Child Molestation Car Crash Burned Body Burned Alive Bullet Bullet Proof Vest Breasts B Movie Gore Murder City Sadism Prostitution Meat Grinder Decapitation Violence Death Of Friend Independent Film Title Spoken By Character Surprise Ending Racist Racial Slur Black Man Interracial Friendship
Description

During a firefight in Vietnam, U.S. soldiers John Eastland and his best friend, Michael Jefferson, are captured by the Viet Cong. They are tied to wooden stakes with several other men, and tortured for information. When Eastland refuses to answer, the VC commander decapitates the soldier beside him with a machete. Jefferson escapes moments later, kills the remaining VC soldiers, and unties Eastland, who then kills the commander.

The film then shifts to New York, where Eastland and Jefferson work in a warehouse. One day, Eastland catches a group of thugs, called the Ghetto Ghouls, trying to steal beer. He is attacked, but Jefferson comes to his aid. They defeat them, but the gang return to cripple Jefferson, gouging his spine with a meat hook. Eastland, after this incident, captures and interrogates one of the gang members with a flamethrower. He then attacks the gang\'s base of operations with his rifle, shooting one gang member and leaving two others tied up in a basement (also shooting one of them afterwards), which is full of hungry rats.

Eastland\'s vigilante justice doesn\'t end there. The warehouse where he works has been forced into paying protection money. Gino Pontivini, the mob boss behind the scheme, has even taxed the workers\' paychecks. Eastland kidnaps Pontivini, and chains him above an industrial meat grinder. Eastland then demands information to get to Pontivini\'s safe, which Pontivini reluctantly gives. Eastland barely survives an attack by Pontivini\'s Dobermann, so upon returning, he lowers Pontivini into the grinder for lying about the dog. Jefferson and his family are given Pontivini\'s money to help pay their bills.

Detective James Dalton begins investigating the attacks, while the press dub Eastland the \"Exterminator\". Meanwhile, Eastland kills the ring leader of a child prostitution ring, as well as a state senator from New Jersey who sexually abuses children. He also kills three more members of the Ghetto Ghouls (one of which being the gang member he interrogated earlier), after witnessing them rob an elderly woman.

Meanwhile, the CIA has heard of the Exterminator and reaches an odd conclusion. Based on the current administration\'s promise to cut down crime rates, they believe the Exterminator is either an opposition party\'s stunt, or a foreign power\'s ruse to humiliate the current administration; by exposing their inability to handle the city\'s crime problem. They monitor Dalton\'s investigation of the Exterminator. Dalton, working from a bootprint found at Pontivini\'s home, discovers the Exterminator wears hunting boots manufactured by a mail order firm in Maine. Asking them for a list of clients in New York, and following the hunch that the Exterminator may be a Vietnam War veteran; since he killed the Ghetto Ghouls with an M16 rifle, Dalton has narrowed his suspects accordingly.

Eastland visits Jefferson in the hospital, and because he will never be able to walk again, Jefferson asks Eastland to kill him. Eastland does, but coincidentally, Dalton is visiting the hospital at the same time. When he learns about Jefferson\'s death, Dalton surmises that one of Jefferson\'s friends was the Exterminator, and learns that one of his suspects, Eastland, was Jefferson\'s closest friend.

Eastland is aware that Dalton is staking out his apartment, so he arranges a private meeting with him, where he hopes to explain why he became a vigilante. However, the CIA are aware of the rendezvous after bugging Eastland\'s phone. They ambush him at his meeting with Dalton, which results in Dalton being killed while helping Eastland escape.

 

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