Dr. Paul Kersey is a surgeon who often sees the consequences of the city's violence in the emergency room. When home intruders brutally attack his wife and young daughter, Kersey becomes obsessed with delivering vigilante justice to the perpetrators. As the anonymous slayings grab the media's attention, the public begins to wonder if the deadly avenger is a guardian angel -- or the Grim Reaper itself.
13 May 1972, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
February 3, 1947 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
17 April 1967, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
6 October 1963, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
21 June 1966, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
28 May 1986, Puerto Rico
March 29, 2018
'Death Wish' doesn't live up to the original.
March 02, 2018
The film cranks up the audience with little jokes and references, and gets the audience cheering for the Grim Reaper before they even realize what they're cheering for -- and therein lies the problem.
March 02, 2018
He's not remaking Death Wish. He's making what he thinks a person in 1974, sitting in a Forty-Deuce grindhouse theater, would have seen in their mind while watching it ...
March 04, 2018
"Death Wish" is a catechism for an audience terrified that their firepower and their influence are dwindling.
March 02, 2018
It's fair to ask what new things Eli Roth and Bruce Willis bring to Death Wish that the original, made in 1974 with Charles Bronson, didn't have. The answer is: not many.
March 19, 2018
Shame on you, Bruce Willis.
March 16, 2018
This version lacks the occasional brilliant flashes of the first.
March 19, 2018
The kind of midnight hour action film that engrosses with its steady pace, over the top violence and Willis' on key performance.
March 26, 2018
Without funk, filth or sleaze, the saga amounts to nothing. [Full review in Spanish]
March 16, 2018
"Death Wish" breaks no new ground.
March 03, 2018
In that limited sense, "Death Wish" is a success, albeit one that action fans should wait to see on Netflix.
March 02, 2018
Vigilante dad rock.
