The Worst Film Ever

The Age of Commercialism

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Filmed in 1974, Death Wish was a good movie for its time. The cinematography was sub par and the plot was decent however the lesson it's trying to teach us is sublime! The main character's wife has been murdered and he decides to do something about it as a vigilante. He begins going out and posing as an easy target for criminals only to shoot them dead when he's provoked. Criminals can't do anything to stop him and through the majority of the film neither can the cops. The lesson we learn in 1974, just before the end of the Vietnam war that has divided americans young and old, is that a happy medium is needed in order to move forward as a nation. The older generations sense or law and order is still relevant however it needs to be more flexible, whereas the younger generations free spirited way of life is immoral and must have some type of boundaries.

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark. Death Wish is the kind of action movie that started this whole "Action" thing long before Stallone and Schwarzenegger showed up with a really good performance by Charles Bronson and a lot of gun shooting Death Wish is a really good action thriller and let's hope that the remake won't suck. I still haven't seen the sequels tho but i think that so far this is the most serious one and the best one in the franchise there's a lot of action and i loved the character of Bronson and the way he killed all those men.

This movie tapped into what people's feelings were as far as the crime issue goes during that time. Unless you lived in that era, it is hard to see how a film like this could be so controversial at the time. But the very thought of an ordinary citizen taking the law into his own hands was unheard of. After many years of insipid sequels and countless imitators, Death Wish still shines like a gem. This is one of Charles Bronson's best performances and he is very convincing and believable as the conscientious objector turned vigilante. His later performances in the subsequent sequels were as emotional man involved as a wet dish rag. Steven Keats is excellent as the beleaguered son in law, Jack, and Vincent Gardenia shines as the police inspector Frank Ochoa who is determined to apprehend the vigilante.The movie was and is controversial. The liberals hate it, the conservatives love it. The move has been attacked as exaggerating the danger of urban crime. It doesn't. I lived in the very area and at the very time of the movie. Virtually everyone I knew (including myself) had some kind of incident with a street criminal. The movie is not realistic with regard to what would have happened to Paul Kersy once found out. He would have been arrested and charged with illegal possession of a firearm, and other felonies. He would have been attacked on the editorial page of the New York Times, by Mayor Lindsey, the police commissioner and slew of newspaper columnists and TV commentators. The families of the slain criminals would have sued him, most likely with William Kunstler as the lawyer. There would have been a relentless and effective campaign of personal destruction directed at Paul culminating in a trial. So in this sense the movie fails as social commentary, because it doesn't confront the real issues of crime and punishment and urban politics. But it succeeds splendidly as an emotional cathartic.Overall rating: 9 out of 10.

I caught this late night on itv4 and it had a strange affect on me . I don't know why it just did anyway the film stars Charles Bronson as Paul kersey formally a new York based architect one afternoon discovers his daughter and wife have been sexually assaulted by three thugs lead by Jeff goldblum pre Jurassic park his wife dies from her subsequent injury's and his daughter enters a sanitary clinic . And i wont give away the rest of the plot but suffice it to say you'll be intrigued for the rest of the 1 hr. 35 minutes the film last anyway the film is compelling due to the action sequences especially the shootouts which are choreographed in meticulous detail the cinematography is exquisite which gives us a gloomy and dark depiction of what a dangerous city New York was like in the 70s the script is extremely amateurish and half baked like it was rushed completely neglecting characterization and thoughtfulness when trying to write some genuinely appealing characters such as Paul kersey played excellently by Bronson conveying a sense of uncertainty and remorse this is undoubtedly his best performance of his entire career check it out its a really thought provoking piece of social commentary in the 70s . Rated R for some strong violence and scene of sexual violence . Also don't watch the sequels which are exploitation garbage and nothing like this psychological provoking piece of film making .