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Movie Reviews of Death Wish
Movie Review: Look at my mustache. Do you think it tickles women when I kiss them?
Summary: 5 Stars
Wrong, the answer is only slightly...only slightly. That would be a quote from the famous anchorman Tom Tucker who would cease to exist is it wasn't for the ultimate mustached vigilante Charles "you're so money and you don't even know it but you do" Bronson. A couple years back Sid dedicated almost an entire month to the Death Wish series on our epic Thursday nights opening our eyes to Paul Kersey and his revenge based justice. Unfortunately the Wal-Mart 3 pack consisted of Death Wish 2-4 leaving us empty of the original and finale of the series...until now. Thanks to AMC and their love of action B they decided to do a week long dedication to the series and kicked it off Monday night with the 1974 release Death Wish. Nothing better to watch after some Monday Night Football then a little a** kicking Bronson.
The Death Wish premise is pretty simple, and just happens to be the same for all five flicks, in which a New York architect becomes a one-man vigilante death squad after his wife is murdered by street toughs. No thug, rapist, murderer, or deadbeat in the entire city is safe from the wrath of Chuck and his push broom mustache of death. His weapon of choice is an antique .32 caliber heater he stashes in his office safe and cracks out on his way home in order to kill a couple punks before sitting down to dinner. Every kill scene is pretty much exactly the same providing non stop laughs with is gritty 70's B-ness.
Death Wish is a film most action fans have seen and we couldn't be happier to add it to the list...or throw the ------- things up there. Ever since our first chuck induced viewing of Death Wish 2 we were hooked on the B factor Charles Bronson had to bring to the table. It's evident that he sits among the top echelon in the B community with such names as Mike Norris, Arnold Brownschwager, Sly Stallone, Chuck Norris, Chad Mcqueen, and Don Swayze. As the years go on the Sid brothers remain dedicated to continuing the quest for all things B and will continue to sprinkle in more Bronson among the great variety we already subscribe to. Now whatever your name is get ready for the big surprise.
Movie Review: This is Gun Country
Summary: 5 Stars
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When we first meet Paul Kersey, he is in all respects a gentle man. A successful architect who is happily married (Joanna, Hope Lange) and a proud father of his beloved daughter, he is carefully positioned as a law-abiding citizen. To repeat, a gentle man. Over time, after his wife and daughter are brutally attacked by thugs who escape punishment, Kersey commits himself to ridding the city of such creatures. In fact, he seeks them out in the most likely areas (e.g. public parks and on subways), coldly and systematically killing as many as he can. Of course, other law abiding citizens are wholly supportive of his efforts but law enforcement officials correctly fear the possible implications of such vigilantism. Paul goes to Tucson to help a developer with a new development. The Developer is so appreciative he gives Paul a little going-away present, what looks like a .32 caliber revolver. Who gives someone a .32 a sissy hand gun? Wouldn't a .45 Long Colt have been better?
Director Michael Winner does a brilliant job of orchestrating Kersey's crusade with efforts by detective Frank Ochoa (Vincent Gardenia) to identify and then capture the public hero. Ochoa seems torn between admiration of such heroism and obligations to end it. Many of those who live in areas plagued by violent crime admire this movie. Others quite properly have concerns about anyone who "goes outside the law," as Kersey obviously does. Who among vigilantes will be Paul Kerseys? Most in the audience in the theatres stand and clapped when Paul shoots the first mugger, Then Paul goes a trolling for muggers. Quite a popular film in it's day.
Highly recommended for fans of Charles Bronson, the Death Wish series, justice for the little man. It was around this same time that Tom Clancy wrote Without Remorse, a similar themed book.
Gunner January 2008
Movie Review: Don't mess with Bronson's wife and daughter.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is it! This is the original classic, Death Wish-Starring the most unlucky and harassed hero in cinematic history, Charles Bronson! You all know the story: Bronson is a "bleeding heart liberal" who goes on a murderous rampage when Jeff Goldblum and a few other punks sexually assault his wife and daughter, spraypaint his daughter's behind , and kill his wife. Naturally, this agitates Bronson. So, he hits the streets locked and loaded with a pistol that was given to him by a buddy and wages a one man war against the scum of New York. It's great to watch him take out lousy punks(like the guys who remade The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but unfortunately he doesn't get to them). Bronson really is a true punk-magnet-I mean, every time he goes out for a walk he runs into someone who tries to mug him! I 've never been to New York, but I'm sure it's not THAT bad. If you ask me, Bronson(and Eastwood) are THE original movie ... Before Rambo took on all of Vietnam by himself, Bronson was the one man wrecking crew. But Bronson isn't exactly the juggernaut action hero we all know him as in this film. The movie shows him awkwardly starting out as a vigilante. First by whacking a mugger with a sock full of quarters, then eventually graduating to shooting them. He even pukes after he shoots his first mugger! It's pretty interesting to see Charles Bronson apprehensive about shooting someone! This added a touch of realism to an already far fetched movie. But this is a good movie, a very good movie. The sequels gave it a bad name and made it a series that people look upon with laughter. Very similar to Rambo. The first one was actually very good before it got blown way out of proportion for the sequels. I will admit, I love the Death Wish sequels, but in a different way. Man, I'm really gonna miss the guy!Movie Review: Bronson's most famous movie role.
Summary: 5 Stars
Although Charles Bronson has appeared in a fistful of genuine classic movies (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Once Upon A Time in the West, and The Dirty Dozen) it is this urban crime/revenge thriller that is most often associated with him. Paul Kersey is a New York based 'bleeding heart liberal' architect that has his life destroyed when a trio of thugs (one played by future star Jeff Goldblum) assault his wife and daughter. His wife dies and his daughter slowly sinks into a catatonic state. Kersey's rage grows and, after acquiring a pistol during a business trip to Arizona, he begins killing muggers while wading through the crime choked streets of New York. Director Michael Winner handles the material in as blunt a fashion as possible, presenting Kersey as a heroic Everyman doing what anyone would want to do under similar circumstances. Yet it is all salvaged by a wonderfully nuanced performance by Charles Bronson. At the time of its release, critics complained that the blue collar looking actor was terribly miscast as an upper class white collar victim turned victimizer. Yet the actor handles it well, by the film's end he has become the character and was thus permanantly type cast in the public's mind as the vigilante that cleaned up New York (although he would not play the actual role again until a series of lurid sequels made almost ten years later). While Death Wish is an essential for Charles Bronson fans (I cannot think of one who wouldn't want to have a copy), the actual subject matter was better handled in the Clint Eastwood thriller Dirty Harry (1971) and its 1973 vigilante themed sequel, Magnum Force.Movie Review: A Winner!
Summary: 5 Stars
What is the price of freedom? Did someone say --- eternal vigilance? Having lived in a Great Toilet for many years, and been robbed and burgled more times than I can remember, I'd like to be free to walk the streets without looking over my shoulder. And now I do. Imagine leaving the door unlocked. Michael Winner is an excellent, no-nonsense, unpretentious director. There's nothing fancy, preening or self-regarding about his movies. I'd been told he wasn't much good, so I never went to see any of his productions. But now that I'm viewing them on dvd, I find the best ones much, much better than I'd expected. They're not looking for Oscars, and perhaps that's why they stay with you. Winner tells a linear story, and he tells it well. This film is a lot better than Dirty Harry. Many of these tales by Winner seem simple and straightforward, but there's much more to them, eg Lawman, Chato's Land. Forget The Wicked Lady --- it was terrible. The slow build-up here was not what I was expecting, but I thought it well done, and admired it. Charles Bronson was not so much an actor, as a unique physical presence, carved in hardwood. He was great. The street scum were somewhat corny. So what? The film wasn't about them, and they were nothing to weep over. The poor dears. What I really liked was that touch of British humour that Winner brought along with him. It added an extra dimension of wit and humanity to the usual over-earnest Hollywood fare. Excuse me now, I'm just going to check my hat-pin rack; and exchange a twenty quid note for some handy rolls of coin. I'll be gone by sundown.