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Defiance

Play trailer Poster for Defiance PG,  1980,  1h 43m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 4 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Merchant mariner Tommy (Jan-Michael Vincent) is stuck in New York's Lower East Side, waiting for his next ship to sail. He mostly keeps to himself, though he takes a liking to a pretty local woman named Marsha (Theresa Saldana). But he also finds that the neighborhood is plagued by a rough, violent gang called the Souls, led by Angel (Rudy Ramos). Tommy stands up to the gang, and his behavior encourages others in the neighborhood to fight back against their tormentors.

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Photoplay Staff Photoplay Sep 22, 2024
Vincent is one of the most dependable heroes around. Exciting, hard-hitting, even touching. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Aug 9, 2017
B-
Atmospheric but simplistic urban gang drama. Go to Full Review
Karina Montgomery Cinerina Dec 15, 2009
4/5
As a WWII story, it's inspiring, and even new. As a film, it's tense and nerve-wracking and sobering. It's a simple, solid movie, worth seeing indeed, but I fear more like a satisfying Chinese dinner over time. See it before the world forgets about it. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Jan 30, 2009
4/10
If only it were to have an organic, sensitive screenplay that paid closer attention to its characters and focused more on their thoughts and feelings throughout their intense experiences, Defiance would have been a much more powerful and engrossing film. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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John Flynn

Director

Jan-Michael Vincent

Tommy

Art Carney

Abe

Theresa Saldana

Marsha

Fernando Lopez

Kid

Danny Aiello

Carmine

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Defiance

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Synopsis Merchant mariner Tommy (Jan-Michael Vincent) is stuck in New York's Lower East Side, waiting for his next ship to sail. He mostly keeps to himself, though he takes a liking to a pretty local woman named Marsha (Theresa Saldana). But he also finds that the neighborhood is plagued by a rough, violent gang called the Souls, led by Angel (Rudy Ramos). Tommy stands up to the gang, and his behavior encourages others in the neighborhood to fight back against their tormentors.
Director
John Flynn
Producer
William S. Gilmore, Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter
Thomas Michael Donnelly
Production Co
American International Pictures (AIP), Necta Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 14, 1980, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 43m
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