Death Wish

Death Wish is a gritty crime thriller about Paul Kersy, played by the late great Charles Bronson. An architect living in New York, although he's lucky enough to live in the nice part of time and is able to avoid the mean streets. Tragically, a couple of street punks follow his wife and daughter back to their apartment, sexually assault them both and kill his wife. The police work on it but can't do anything, so he takes the law into his own hands. Actually, he goes outside the law, to be accurate. The police and government hate him for it, but the local community think he is a hero. And I think so too. I guess one of the messages in the film is that people are tired of cops sitting on their fat arses and not doing something about the crime rate. This is a good crime film and something I highly enjoyed. It's great to see good old Charlie clean up the streets of the scum. It's very nasty and violent, and gory as well, but it's a great flick, and a classic piece of American cinema. I highly recommend it, two thumbs up.