A remake of the Charles Bronson 1974 movie, Death Wish with Bruce Willis entertains.
Paul Kersey (Willis), a trauma surgeon, lives in Chicago, where deaths happen every night. He’s good at his job, putting back together both the heroes and the bad guys. A family man, his daughter is leaving for college in the fall. The perfect family.
Paul Kersey (Willis), a trauma surgeon, lives in Chicago, where deaths happen every night. He’s good at his job, putting back together both the heroes and the bad guys. A family man, his daughter is leaving for college in the fall. The perfect family.
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When
thugs decide to rob the house, expecting no one home, things go awry.
His wife, Lucy (Elizabeth Shue) is killed and his daughter, Jordan is
left in a coma. Dr. Kersey does everything by the book but the Chicago
PD lack the leads to find the suspects, leaving Paul frustrated.
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After
witnessing a couple of thugs manhandling a woman, Dr. Kersey decides to
stop playing by the rules and teaches himself to shoot. Taking matters
into his own hands, he becomes “The Grim Reaper”, a vigilante who sets
to protect those who are victims. When a thug comes into the ER wearing
Dr. Kersey’s watch, he gets the break he needs to find those men who
attacked his family.
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Bruce
Willis is back as a kick-butt character, similar to his Die Hard one.
Now bald and a little older, Willis still is able to handle a gun and
witty banter before he kills someone. He carries the movie as he moves
from surgeon to vigilante.
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The
director Eli Roth does a nice job of updating the movie for 2018 with
radio stations and television shows debating the use of violence versus
protecting those who are unprotected. It’s an interesting debate in
light of recent events. In addition, social media and viral video show
how quickly information is shared around the world. While some pieces
remain the same from the original, this movie has a “new” feeling.
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