No one is safe anymore. Murders, thefts, and rapes are commonplace. The police are either overwhelmed or deliberately turning a blind eye. Until a decent citizen says, "Enough is enough." Vigilantes: they are not just mere avengers but fervent advocates of deadly self-help that serves a just cause. Charles Bronson in "Death Wish," Clint Eastwood as "Dirty Harry," Batman, and many others take decisive action where the rule of law fails. From the glorification of the Ku Klux Klan in "The Birth of a Nation" to the fight against Mexico's drug cartel in the documentary "Cartel Land," cinematic protagonists repeatedly take the law into their own hands. The narrative of the vigilante is also picked up in video games. A century of vigilante justice in American film: "Hollywood Justice" by Peter Vogl is it.