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An Exercise In Nonsense

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Only gave it a seven yet as I said above enjoyed it Bruce Willis nearly back on form, I can not help it I like this sort of movie put my brain into neutral and sit back. Not the greatest film but far far from mediocre.

Plenty of action in this movie, typical Bruce Willis style. Good film overall, well written and directed. Was great to see a film like this come to fruition these days. Having said that, it is quite rare to become glued to your seat from beginning to end in order to see what will unfold and Death Wish did just that. Clearly and smoothly paced, this is one of the better flicks of 2018. I highly recommend seeing it for yourself. Death Wish is great entertainment.

4.2/5 Fantastic reimagining and honestly more relevant and timely than ever. Insane action sequences full of gritty vengeance/justice served and the best performance from Willis in years. It honestly had way more heart and passion than the great pioneering original and the visceral revenge carried out on the scum was so much sweeter and satisfying. I can honestly say this is Roth's best film so far and he outdid the original which I also love. The camerawork was flawless as well as the powerful soundtrack that elevated the intensity of the brutal sequences. Bruce Willis deserves a ton of credit for phenomenally capturing Paul Kersey's heroic character and Charles Bronson would be proud. If you want to see one of the best action films of the last decade, go watch this awesome film. "If a man wants to protect what's his, he has to do it for himself."

Comparisons against the Charles Bronson "Death Wish" are inevitable, the main difference being that with the passage of four decades, this Bruce Willis vehicle is much slicker in production values and doesn't seem quite as gritty as the original. By gritty, I'm thinking about Bronson's loading up an old sock with a couple rolls of quarters and using it as a nifty weapon. But then again, as a medical surgeon, Willis's character had the advantage of knowing just how and where the most excruciating pain can be administered to the human body. I guess it was a pretty conscious decision on the part of the film makers to place the story in Chicago where the weekly murder rate routinely makes the headlines today. The crime that sets in motion Paul Kersey's mission of revenge is similar to the 1974 picture, and a concession made to the outcome has Kersey's daughter Jordan (Camila Morrone) pretty much recover from her serious injuries. Where the present day picture differs is in the way Willis's character achieves closure against the three thugs who broke into his home and violated his family. He manages to get his revenge on all three hoods, whereas Bronson's Kersey never did. Rather, he took it out against whatever street rabble he could in the absence of running across the original perpetrators.