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No need to say anything except it is a good movie, and fun to watch. Bronson was always interesting in his personalization - sort of dry, but intriguing.
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I guess by now you could call this movie a "classic." It would meet most definitions. It was so popular when it was released that it spawned a number of sequels, but they just got dumb and dumber. This is one of the most famous "revenge" movies ever made and still stands up today.
"Death Wish" is a very, very simple story and it panders to our base instincts which is probably why it was so successful. Most people want justice, and they want it now....which is what this movie preaches. At the time, the movie was shocking. If it came out today, it wouldn't have nearly the impact. However, the early scene of the mother and daughter raped and killed is still horrifying. That will never change.
The story then slows down as we see the transformation of the husband, from conscientious objector to vigilante. When Charles Bronson hits the streets, the film picks up big-time. The movie also ends on a very satisfying note
Rating:  -
Lots of violence, lots of gore, lots of shooting, and cathartic if you are really into it.
I liked this movie for the variety of weapons and the ambushes the protagonist employs.
Other reviewers would have you believe that virtually all big-city dwellers were victims of violent crime in the 1970s. Crime was higher in that decade, but so were certain demographic markers that had nothing to do with politics or policy.
This film's major impact was to render most white suburbanites terrified to enter large cities, so it was good for suburban sprawl and Republicans.
Rating:  -
The Bottom Line:
A dated revenge thriller that still manages to pull its weight, Death Wish is recommended only to people who want to see Charles Bronson gun down street thugs for 100 minutes, for aside from that it doesn't have much to offer.
Rating:  -
It's a shame Charles Bronson didn't have the budget, writing, casting, and production resources that Stephen Segal, Schwartzenegger, and other great action film guys had. He was great in big budget films when he had first-rate directors and casting like "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Great Escape". But as much as I wanted to like Bronson in his own "kill the bad guys" films, they are nothing more than poor imitations of the multitude of cheap TV shows from the 1970's produced by Stephen J. Cannell. I paid the price to discover the truth. You shouldn't if you're smart...
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