This violent follow-up to the sadistic actioner
The Exterminator (1980) again features Johnny Eastland (
Robert Ginty), a Vietnam vet who is triggered into vengeful killing when his dancer girlfriend (Deborah Geffner) is first badly beaten and permanently crippled and later murdered by a gang of street thugs led by "X" (
Mario Van Peebles). Johnny dresses up in a special uniform and helmet, grabs a flamethrower, and aided by Be Gee (Frankie R. Faison), a former vet turned garbageman, the two incinerate their way through the rest of the film. Like other
Death Wish clones, this film is derivative, violent, and mindless. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide