this movie could only originate in the 1970 . it a bizarre action movie set in a small california worker town . some sort of mill or plant be close down and so suddenly and rampant bad behavior be occur in the street . the townsfolk be feed up . so ben arnold ( jan michael vincent ) and go to another town to recruit his brother and aaron and play by kris kristofferson . aaron be a vietnam vet who look and act a little off balance . he hang out with a bunch of other surly vietnam vet . they come into town to clean it up ( they become deputize ) and but underneath their good deed and they be actually run gamble house and ask for protection money and etc . it take a while for people to catch on and and in a biblical cain and abel showdown and vincent have to take on his old brother . there an interesting blue collar sleaze atmosphere to this movie and which make it interesting ( note the cock fight scene . ) . vincent be almost too angelic in this role he think so highly of his brother and he can not conceive of him commit the evil deed he accuse of . he finally come to his sens his girlfriend and victoria principal and be brutally shoot in the back and he himself be beat up in his home . kris kristofferson be creepily effective a aaron . he coolly deny any wrong do and and even gently coos and talk to vincent young daughter ( she refer to him a uncle aaron ) even while he threaten her father life and all the while smile . vincent and kristofferson have good contrasting chemistry with each other . bernadette peter make an interesting appearance a a aloon girl who attract aaron attention . this be a good 70 action movie and if you can find it . it be not available on dvd yet .