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Dangerously Close (1986)

Dangerously Close poster
Directed by
Albert Pyun
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of high school students secretly acts as a vigilante squad to enforce their own brand of justice. Their brutal methods and extremist views set them against a new student who refuses to join them.

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What happens

Dangerously Close is a 1986 action thriller film directed by Albert Pyun. The film was noted at its time of release for being part of a wave of teen vigilante films in the 1980s exploring the right-wing jingoism that was gaining popularity in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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