Karen Young gives a powerfully intense performance as a victim of sexual violence who turns vigilante in this hard-hitting Texas-set thriller. Handgun is written, produced and directed by British film and television veteran Tony Garnett, whose high-profile credits include Kes, Between the Lines and This Life. Handgun is featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

With one broken relationship still fresh in her mind, Kathleen Sullivan is in no mood to take on a new boyfriend. Macho Larry, however, will not tolerate sexual rebuffs; rape is his means of exercising what he regards as a male prerogative. Consumed by anger and hungry for vengeance, Kathleen now finds she must resort to murder to reclaim hers...