"But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security." ~ Declaration of Independence
Cultural Artifacts from the Age of Fear
Submitted by Michael Kleen on Fri, 2011-03-11 04:00
Kurt Russell in Escape from New York and Escape from LA. Charles Bronson in the Death Wish series. Sly Stallone in Cobra and later, Demolition Man. Robo Cop. To one extent or another, all of these movies paint an incredibly bleak picture of urban crime.
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