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Death Wish (1974)
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This controversial, 1974 drama exploits urban paranoia and presents vigilantism as cathartic release. But it is also a captivating, Everyman-ish story of a New Yorker who goes through a sea change after crime depletes his family, and who runs afoul of the law while taking it into his own hands. Charles Bronson stars as the vengeance-seeking urban warrior who goes on a punk-killing spree after his wife and daughter are attacked by intruders. Director Michael Winner (The Wicked Lady) shamelessly builds upon audience identification with Bronson's rage, but he also makes an interesting story out of the latter's tug-of-war with...
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Do not kid yourself. This is the way anyone who has experienced personal loss would probably act given the same circumstances. We want to lash out at those who are scum and prey upon us and others. Maybe we just limit ourselves to reading the obits every day and hoping to see a name, but Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) took...
(complete Death Wish review by B Movie Ben)
Amongst the rampant crime rates, countless poor and piling trash, meek Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) makes it day by day working for a housing development company and spending time with his loving wife. His peaceful life is destroyed though, when a gang of hoods breaks into his home and attacks his wife and visiting...
(complete Death Wish review by Ryan Midnight)
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(1/19/2008)
