My review was written in June 1990 after watching the movie on Republic Pictures video cassette.
This unconvincing action picture ws released on a regional basis in the south in 1988 and belatedly pops up in video stores.
The first of two back-to-back assignments for Joe Dallesandro for the indie Smart Egg Pictures, "Double Revenge" casts the former Warhol str as an unredeemable critter. Named Joe (so he can show off his real-life tattoo left over from the '60s), he's just out of prison and drags his young brother Chris Nash along on a savings & loan robbery.
During their escape, Nash is killed when innocent bystander Leigh McCloskey intervenes. McCloskey's wife is killed by Dallesndo; latter is apprehended and gets off on a technicality.
This begins a vendetta between McCloskey and Dallesandro, directed in heavy-handed fashion by horror specialist Armand Mastroianni to be a commentary on the legal system. Far too many American flag shots and a phony ending hammer home the film's cynical theme.
Acting is okay, but Dallesandro was better in the more challenging Smart Egg's "Blood Lesson". Composer Harry Manfredini gives his "Friday the 13th" music a rest, but unwisely copies Ennio Morricone soundtracks.
