Sit Down with Michael Franzese

Critics Hate Citizen Vigilante. Audiences Love It. Former Mob Boss Explains Why

July 15, 2026·41 min
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🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Critics and audiences are at each other’s throats over Citizen Vigilante, and I’m going to tell you what this fight is really about. This isn’t a review like the critics give — I lived on the other side of this fantasy. A masked vigilante hunting down criminals the system let walk, including a mob boss? I know exactly what happens to a guy like that on the street, and it doesn’t end the way it does in the movie.I break down where this film really came from, why audiences love it, why critics can’t stand it, and the one thing both sides are missing. Plus the story of the time we went hunting for the Son of Sam — the cops came to us for help, and we gave it.Fair warning: it’s a rough, violent film, and I say so. Watch to the end for what I think you should actually do about a system that fails people. Critics Hate Citizen Vigilante. Audiences Love It. Former Mob Boss Explains 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com00:00 - Introduction: Critics vs Audiences at War00:50 - Mob Movie Mondays Is Coming Back01:30 - Today's Movie: Citizen Vigilante02:39 - The Real Story Behind This Film06:15 - Banned in Germany, Boosted by Musk07:34 - Let Me Ask You This08:31 - I'd Go to Jail Gladly11:33 - Let Me Defend the Critics13:11 - The Whole Fight Right There14:36 - Inside the Movie: Key Scenes16:41 - I Put Senators on the Spot18:54 - I Know the Government Is Shady20:06 - Vote Them Out of Office22:16 - The Real Root of Crime25:18 - The Movie's Brutal Climax27:01 - When We Hunted Son of Sam29:17 - The Numbers That Tell Everything32:58 - He's Dead in a Week34:36 - The Moment That Turned Me Off36:11 - You'd Have Loved Our Neighborhood37:36 - 50 Cents and the Hypocrites Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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