Zeit der Vergeltung (1985)

Zeit der Vergeltung: Directed by Matthew Robbins. With Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater, Richard Bradford. A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.

“In Texas, the hot teenager Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater) lives with her brother Binx (Christian Slater) and her mother in a trailer. In a hot day, she rides with Binx on his scooter to swim in a lake. However, the bully Huble Pyatt (Barry Tubb) steals the scooter with his friends. Billie Jean goes to the police but Detective Ringwald (Peter Coyote) does not give much attention to her. When Binx tries to retrieve his scooter, Huble trashes the scooter and beats Binx up. Billie Jean goes with her brother Binx and her friend Ophelia (Martha Gehman) to the store of Hubleu0026#39;s father Pyatt (Richard Bradford) with the repair bill and the old man lures Billie Jean and brings her to his office. Then he harass and tries to rape her. Meanwhile Binx finds a gun in the cash register and her accidentally shoots Pyatt. Billie Jean, Binx. Ophelia and their teenage neighbor Putter (Yeardley Smith) flee from Opheliau0026#39;s car. They meet the teenager Lloyd (Keith Gordon), who is the estranged son of the D.A. Muldaur (Dean Stockwell), he proposes to be their u0026quot;hostageu0026quot; so that the runaway teenagers could get some money for their journey. When Billie Jean watches Otto Preminger u0026#39;s u0026quot;Saint Joanu0026quot; at Lloydu0026#39;s television, she cuts her hair short and makes a video with her explanation and demands, becoming and icon worshiped by the teenagers. Meanwhile Detective Ringwald finds the mess, he realizes that he should have listened to Billie Jean and tries to fix the situation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;The Legend of Billie Jeanu0026quot; is a super-cult movie from the 80u0026#39;s and maybe Helen Slateru0026#39;s best film in her career. The plot entwines action and drama and it is delightful to watch. In the 80u0026#39;s, many viewers believed that Helen Slater and Christian Slater were siblings since they have the same last name. The story of a wronged teenager that cuts her hair in Joan of Arcu0026#39;s style and becomes an idol of the youth has not aged and is still wonderful to watch. My vote is eight.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): u0026quot;A Lenda de Billie Jeanu0026quot; (u0026quot;The Legend of Billie Jeanu0026quot;)”