The Exterminator

Interstar. Director James Glickenhaus; Producer Mark Buntzman; Screenplay James Glickenhaus; Camera Bob Baldwin; Editor Corky O'Hara; Music Joe Renzetti

Christopher George
Samantha Eggar
Robert Ginty
Steve James
Tony Di Benedetto

For his second pic, writer-director James Glickenhaus commits the major sin of shooting an action film with little action. Contrived script instead opts for grotesque violence in a series of glum, distasteful scenes.

The Exterminator returns to New York City for a listlessly paced tale of Robert Ginty suddenly deciding to avenge his war buddy, paralyzed from an encounter with a youth gang. Absence of proper transition scenes and script's frequent reliance upon coincidence loses credibility for Ginty's actions early on.

Christopher George's walkthrough as a policeman is regrettable, while Samantha Eggar as both the buddy's doctor and George's girlfriend must have calculated that this travesty would never be released.

(Color) Available on VHS, DVD. Extract of a review from 1980. Running time: 101 MIN.

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