Mad at the World is an engaging enough film, with a decent premise, though the argument they're presenting is just not all that sound.
The reasoning at the end by the hoodlum, I believe he said: "You gotta take what you can get, before somebody else takes it." I don't see how that applies to any of their actions, they're just hurting random innocent people. Anger breeds anger and victim Sam, who in the end is able to accomplish more than the police, because he's willing to go further. The performances were reasonable, Cathy O'Donnell's only in a rather minor role, Karen Sharpe's likeable as Tess, mistreated by our protagonist and yes unrealistically so.
The reasoning at the end by the hoodlum, I believe he said: "You gotta take what you can get, before somebody else takes it." I don't see how that applies to any of their actions, they're just hurting random innocent people. Anger breeds anger and victim Sam, who in the end is able to accomplish more than the police, because he's willing to go further. The performances were reasonable, Cathy O'Donnell's only in a rather minor role, Karen Sharpe's likeable as Tess, mistreated by our protagonist and yes unrealistically so.