Death Wish
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Synopsis
Not all vigilantes wear capes. Sometimes they’re just angry men on a mission to find the criminals that viciously attacked their wives and daughters. Bruce Willis stars as Dr. Paul Kersey, a Chicago surgeon who spends his days saving lives, until one fateful night a home invasion gone wrong leaves his family in tatters. When the cops fail to find the assailants, Kersey sets aside his oaths, takes up a gun and stalks the streets, doling out his own brand of bloody justice. As the body count rises on his quest for revenge, the media takes notice - and Paul finds himself becoming something of a local hero in the process. Eli Roth directs this visceral update of the 1974 Charles Bronson original, which in turn was based on a novel by Brian Garfield. The film also stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Mike Epps, and Dean Norris.
Cast
- Bruce Willis
- Vincent D'Onofrio
- Elisabeth Shue
- Camila Morrone
- Dean Norris
- Beau Knapp
- Kimberly Elise
- Len Cariou
- Jack Kesy
- Ronnie Gene Blevins
Atom User Reviews
Great plot but dragged a little
Awesome acting! Awesome action! Very realistic! Loved it! #GrimReaper
Metacritic
Directed by Eli Roth with the same knowing smirk that has informed his previous exercises in self-satisfied bloodletting (Cabin Fever, The Green Inferno, the Hostel movies), the movie is a slick, straightforward revenge thriller as well as a sham provocation, pandering shamelessly to the viewer's bloodlust while trying to pass as self-aware satire. Your time, to say nothing of your outrage, is much better spent elsewhere.
At a time when Americans are constantly bombarded with reports of unpunished police brutality, the film suggests that the true problem with justice in our country is that law enforcement isn't violent enough.
Eli Roth and screenwriter Joe Carnahan could have done the same thing, manifesting the rages and fears that afflict the country we live in right now. Instead they offer a cheap and dishonest Death Wish that (references to social media notwithstanding) is interchangeable with get-tough knockoffs that have flooded cinemas for decades.