Other Titles • Death Wish (1974) • Mann sieht rot, Ein (1974)
Synopses for Death Wish (1974)
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This controversial, 1974 drama exploits urban paranoia and presents vigilantism as cathartic release. But it is also a captivating, Everyman-ish story of a New Yorker who goes through a sea change after crime depletes his family, and who runs afoul of the law while taking it into his own hands. Charles Bronson stars as the vengeance-seeking urban warrior who goes on a punk-killing spree after his wife and daughter are attacked by intruders. Director Michael Winner (The Wicked Lady) shamelessly builds upon audience identification with Bronson's rage, but he also makes an interesting story out of the latter's tug-of-war with disapproving police. It's an unpleasant film all around, but not nearly as bad as its horrifying, numerous sequels. Watch for a very young Jeff Goldblum--in this, his second movie--as one of the assailants of Bronson's loved ones. --Tom Keogh
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After his wife has been murdered and his daughter raped by a trio of ruthless muggers, a mild-mannered businessman becomes judge, jury and executioner when he hunts down the criminals himself. The first and best of a long series.
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Architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) thinks he has it made, living in a New York City apartment with his lovely wife and daughter. But one day while he was gone, hoodlums break into his apartment, killing his wife Joanna and gang raping his daughter, leaving her comatose. When the police cannot bring the criminals to justice, Kersey arms himself and begins a vigilante war on the streets, killing any muggers or thieves he encounters.
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