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Director: Michael Winner
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Objectionable vigilante trash from the objectionable Winner, with the stony Bronson taking the law into his own vengeful hands when his wife is killed and his daughter turned into a traumatic vegetable after an attack by muggers. The sense of location is strong, emphasising a hostile, nightmarish terrain; but Winner's recourse to caricature when dealing with police and thugs, and his virtually overt sympathies with the confused, violent Bronson, make for uncritical, simplistic viewing.Author: GA
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- tired of double standards said...
- Posted on Oct 18 2007 00:38 i agree tom, that this film shows that you can not and should not depend on the government is the only real problem the reviewer has with the film, he is probably socialist or marxist, so the heck with him.
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- Tom said...
- Posted on Sep 13 2007 01:03 Considering the praise this site heaped on the despicable Saw franchise (especially the first two movies), this review of Death Wish is hypocritically biased. At the time, Death Wish made some valid, provocative points about the crime-ridden atmosphere in New York City in a clever manner that captured the imagination of many moviegoers. If Death Wish is objectionable trash, then what does that make the Saw franchise? I suspect a liberal mindset here that is itself simplistic.
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Cast & crew
Director: Michael Winner
Producer: Hal Landers, Bobby Roberts, Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Stuart Margolin, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Jeff Goldblum full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 94 mins
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