Death Wish

Pros: Charles Bronson, Story, Score, Direction
Cons: We will miss Charles Bronson (1921 - 2003).

The loss of veteran action star Charles Bronson (1921 - 2003) leaves a vast empty space in the catalog of rugged male action stars that will be difficult to fill given the paucity of talent that presently populates Hollywood. Thank God for Kurt ...

Pros: A surprising amount of serious drama here
Cons: Acting is a bit wooden and the DVD looks like crap

What do you think of when someone says "Charles Bronson"? If you're a youngin', you probably just went "who?" - and if that's the case, get off my damn lawn. But if you’re a child of the seventies and eighties, you probably instantly think classic 'tough ...

Pros: Bronson
Cons: more action than character

What would happen if you were a bleeding heart liberal, a conscientious observer whose family was raped and murdered Death Wish< i> posits that you'd go on a killing spree. Filmed in 1974 in New York, the city presented in the movie is one ...

Pros: Stirs a debate.
Cons: Leans of an unworkable premise.

This review is about a 1974 film called Death Wish, but please allow me a little digression first. I will get to the review proper in a few moments. Civilization has gone through several evolutions of justice since it changed from the days of ...

Pros: Magnetic leading man, realistic action sequences
Cons: Hammy acting, a few plot holes

To be sure, "Death Wish" is dated; many of its more sheltered detractors accuse it of being an exaggerated portrayal of NYC crime in the '70s. These criticisms are as precious as they are confused. While it's certainly a sensationalist and exploitive ...

Pros: Great mood created by intense music and fantastic screenplay and directing
Cons: The rape and murder scene was done intentionally to invoke controversy and raise sales that way, a very cheap ass way of doing business, but business is business eh...

This is definitely the only good Death Wish movie out of the probably 50+ sequels it had thrown into theaters then straight to video. The series has lost it's roots; originally being a story about a man who takes the law into his own hands, it has now...

Pros: Superb acting, characters with clear motivations
Cons: Heavy-duty, graphic violence with a detailed rape/murder sequence at the beginning

Charles Bronson plays a man whose wife is murdered and daughter raped early on in the movie by a pair of psychopathic punks seemingly straight out of the movie THE INCIDENT, who follow them home from the grocery store and gain entry into the apartment by...