Written by James M. Tate / 3/05/2018 / No comments / 2018 , action , bruce willis , elizabeth shue , exploitation , new , remake , suspense
BLOODY REMAKE OF 'DEATH WISH' STARRING BRUCE WILLIS
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Bruce Willis in what looks like a golf swing follow-thru YEAR: 2018 |
Instead of one man becoming a freelance, anything-goes vigilante because of his wife's death and daughter's coma (aided by a young Jeff Goldblum), he sets out after the real killers. Which makes 2018's DEATH WISH more of a sparse Neo-Noir extension of Denzel Washington's surprisingly good THE EQUALIZER than a high-octane "yippee ki yay" update of the 70's cult classic...
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Grade: A— |
While the initial set-up borders on cliché, involving a too-perfect, glossy suburban clan headed towards inevitable disaster, and Dr. Kersey's much-too-easy transition from a mild-mannered ER surgeon into a hoddie-wearing, seemingly flawless and UNBREAKABLE (get it?) professional gun-man, director Roth blends horroresque ultra-violence into the otherwise standard action sequences while, in the story, TV news stations, Internet talk shows and (mediocre and annoying) shock jock Mancow has deemed Kersey with the nickname, The Grim Reaper...
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The original vigilante legend Charles Bronson |
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For nostalgia's sake, this is how the original ended and also in Chicago where Bronson's Paul Kersey was relocated |
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