Death Wish (1974)
10/10
The best movie about justice
2 January 2000
Death Wish is a classic, no doubt about it. Charles Bronson plays his most famous performance as Paul Kersey, the architect who comes home one day to find his wife raped and killed and his daughter brutally raped and beaten. The most clever thing about the movie is that it doesn't turn into the usual "good guy goes after bad guy" formula. The muggers who broke into his home and killed/raped his wife and daughter are never caught. This is what leads to Bronson becoming a local vigilante. By doing so, he hopes one night that he will encounter and kill the muggers who killed his wife and brutally beat his daughter (who became comatose after the attack). You can closely relate to the Paul Kersey character and that's what makes this movie so effective. The movie could have fell apart right from the beginning when the attack occurs. Bronson could have chased after the attackers or eventually kill them all at the end; That would have been a predictable and happy hollywood ending. Fortunately, the movie doesn't turn out that way. Paul Kersey never encounters or kills any of the muggers who attacked his family. Instead, he makes his neighborhood safer by getting rid of the other muggers and killers who wander around. He gets shot in the leg, identified by a decent cop as the "unknown vigilante" who lets him go because he can relate to his sufferings. The best part is he made a difference. Great Film!
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