Self Defense

Self Defense (1983, Canada) is an Action-Crime-Thriller film directed by Paul Donovan & Maura O'Connell

• Contents: Watch Trailer | Blu Ray | Fun Facts | Comments

Main Details

• Released in 1983
• Color
• Running Time: 84 Min.
• Production Co: Salter Street Films International
• Distribution Co: Filmways Australasian Distributors (Australia) (theatrical) | New Line Cinema (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• Directed by Paul Donovan & Maura O'Connell
• Written by Paul Donovan, Marc Vautour
• Starring Tom Nardini, Brenda Bazinet, Daryl Haney, Terry-David Després, Jack Blum, Keith Knight, Doug Lennox, Jeff Pustil
• Produced by Michael Donovan, Paul Donovan, Maura O'Connell, John Walsch
• Original Music by Peter Jermyn, Drew King
• Cinematography by Les Krizsan
• Film Editing by Ian McBride

Plot Summary

• During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.

Also Known As

• Siege
• Assedio alla città (Italy)
• L'assedio (Italy)
• New York 1991 - Nacht ohne Gesetz (Germany)
• Night Warriors (Netherlands) (video title)
• Siège (France)

Taglines

• Today, their city. Tomorrow... yours!
• Their badge is a license to kill
• When the police strike prepare for siege ...the first night belongs to the vigilantes