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"Well, what if the cops can't handle this, Jack?"
Death Wish
1974Directed By Michael Winner
Quotable.
"Well, what if the cops can't handle this, Jack?"
"Well, what if the cops can't handle this, Jack?"
When thugs murder his wife and rape his daughter and the police are no help, Charles Bronson becomes a badass, shoot-first vigilante. Please note that this was before video games and Mobb Deep, meaning Bronson was hardbody without outside influence.
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