When director Michael Winner and screenwriter Wendell Mayes adapted Brian Garfield's novel "Death Wish," it's doubtful that they had any idea they'd be launching a film franchise that would change the landscape of vigilante thrillers forever, and solidify Charles Bronson as one of the greatest stars of action cinema. The "Death Wish" films start out as a twisted character study of a man named Paul Kersey as he slowly descends into a life of vengeance and violence, bearing arms and serving as a one-man judge, jury, and executioner. There's a real allure to righting wrongs outside of the American justice system, but as Kearsey's arc shows, his desire to kill has perhaps always been a part of him -- which makes him part of the problem.
As the franchise went on, the "Death Wish" films cared less and less about the moral conundrums of its hero and instead wanted...
As the franchise went on, the "Death Wish" films cared less and less about the moral conundrums of its hero and instead wanted...
- 1/22/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Joel Kinnaman as Godlock in Silent Night. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate
For years, film buffs have enjoyed arguing about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The “yeas” emphasize when it’s happening and what’s going on there besides the mayhem between Bruce and the baddies. The “nays” say it’s the polar opposite of the decades of seasonal feelgood spirit exemplified by everything from It’S A Wonderful Life to what the Hallmark Channel cranks out annually for the holidays. For them, if it ain’t gooey, it ain’t Yuley. Well, whichever camp you’re in, you’ll vote the same way for this gift from A-list action writer, producer and director John Woo, Silent Night.
Silent Night serves as a two-edged title. Besides the main events occurring on consecutive Christmases (for which that title ranks among the most popular carols), the entire film plays out without a single spoken word.
For years, film buffs have enjoyed arguing about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The “yeas” emphasize when it’s happening and what’s going on there besides the mayhem between Bruce and the baddies. The “nays” say it’s the polar opposite of the decades of seasonal feelgood spirit exemplified by everything from It’S A Wonderful Life to what the Hallmark Channel cranks out annually for the holidays. For them, if it ain’t gooey, it ain’t Yuley. Well, whichever camp you’re in, you’ll vote the same way for this gift from A-list action writer, producer and director John Woo, Silent Night.
Silent Night serves as a two-edged title. Besides the main events occurring on consecutive Christmases (for which that title ranks among the most popular carols), the entire film plays out without a single spoken word.
- 12/3/2023
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Silent Night is an action-thriller film directed by John Woo, from a screenplay by Robert Archer Lynn. The Christmas-themed film revolves around a man who witnesses the murder of his young son when he gets caught in the crossfire of two rival gangs. On that day, the man was also injured and he lost his voice because of that. Now, he is on the path of revenge and is trying to kill everyone involved. Silent Night stars Joel Kinnaman in the role with Kid Cudi, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Harold Torres in supporting roles. So, if you love the most silent action movie here are some similar movies you could watch next.
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Synopsis: The blissful married lives of Supriya and Rohan, a visually impaired couple, come to a halt when the former is raped by men with political links. When she commits suicide,...
Kaabil (Hulu) Credit – Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd
Synopsis: The blissful married lives of Supriya and Rohan, a visually impaired couple, come to a halt when the former is raped by men with political links. When she commits suicide,...
- 12/2/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
For a time in the 1990s, a film adaptation of a John Grisham novel was guaranteed to turn a tidy profit at the box office, if not mushroom into a full-on blockbuster. "The Firm," "The Pelican Brief" and "The Client" all made loads of money off of a built-in audience that just had to see how the lawyer-turned-bestselling author's latest book was brought to life by Hollywood's biggest stars. Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, Tommy Lee Jones, and Susan Sarandon, among many others, were enlisted to turn these page-turners into big-screen spectacles. They were never better than over-produced B movies, but you didn't care because the material was never more than risible. Grisham wrote disposable legal thrillers that moved fast enough to get you past their myriad implausibilities, and there was nothing wrong with this.
"A Time to Kill" was a different animal. Based on Grisham's debut novel,...
"A Time to Kill" was a different animal. Based on Grisham's debut novel,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Locked and loaded with a decent screenplay, Michael Winner and Charles Bronson acquit themselves well in this brutal 1974 hit that launched a decade’s worth of nasty vigilante movies. The lynch-mob formula presents crimes so awful that the audience demands violent retribution. The shock is that this incitement to ‘fight back’ is not direct right-wing propaganda — vigilantism is glamorized but not endorsed. A fine supporting cast includes Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats and unexpected treats like Olympia Dukakis and Jeff Goldblum. “Fill your hand!”
Death Wish, 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date January 24, 2023 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace, Fred J. Scollay, Chris Gampel, Robert Kya-Hill, Ed Grover, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Logan, Gregory Rozakis, Christopher Guest, Paul Dooley, Olympia Dukakis, Al Lewis, Robert Miano.
Cinematography: Arthur J. Ornitz...
Death Wish, 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date January 24, 2023 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace, Fred J. Scollay, Chris Gampel, Robert Kya-Hill, Ed Grover, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Logan, Gregory Rozakis, Christopher Guest, Paul Dooley, Olympia Dukakis, Al Lewis, Robert Miano.
Cinematography: Arthur J. Ornitz...
- 1/28/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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Stuart Margolin, the character actor and James Garner buddy best known for portraying the smarmy yet sweet con man Evelyn “Angel” Martin on The Rockford Files, has died. He was 82.
Margolin died Monday, his stepson, actor Max Martini (The Unit), reported on Instagram. Another stepson, director Christopher Martini, told THR that Margolin died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia.
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Margolin also brought his manic, manipulative persona to the Blake Edwards films S.O.B. (1981), as a star’s (Julie Andrews) insidious personal assistant, and A Fine Mess (1986), as a bumbling crook in the filmmaker’s homage to slapstick.
Margolin appeared opposite Charles Bronson in The Stone Killer (1973) and Death Wish (1974) — both directed by Michael Winner — playing a contractor who arranges mob hits in the former and the guy who gives Bronson...
Stuart Margolin, the character actor and James Garner buddy best known for portraying the smarmy yet sweet con man Evelyn “Angel” Martin on The Rockford Files, has died. He was 82.
Margolin died Monday, his stepson, actor Max Martini (The Unit), reported on Instagram. Another stepson, director Christopher Martini, told THR that Margolin died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia.
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Margolin also brought his manic, manipulative persona to the Blake Edwards films S.O.B. (1981), as a star’s (Julie Andrews) insidious personal assistant, and A Fine Mess (1986), as a bumbling crook in the filmmaker’s homage to slapstick.
Margolin appeared opposite Charles Bronson in The Stone Killer (1973) and Death Wish (1974) — both directed by Michael Winner — playing a contractor who arranges mob hits in the former and the guy who gives Bronson...
- 12/13/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This, and the realisation that not everyone obeys the rules, to their obvious benefit, leads to appreciation for the anti-hero, or protagonists with their own value systems.
That may help to explain why we have a sneaking admiration — or interest, at least — in fictional characters whose "heroic" credentials are quite vague as to morality, say James Bond, or his equally lethal but less glamorous American counterpart, Donald Hamilton’s Matt Helm.
Or for that matter, those compelled to take the law into their own hands, vigilante style — an entire host, spanning various genres and media, from Don Pendleton’s Mack Bolan, alias the Executioner, to V from "V for Vendetta", to Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) in the "Death Wish" series of films, to Bollywood’s Angry Young Man.
Then, there are those on the other "wrong side" of the law — ‘Godfathers’ Vito and Michael Corleone or other Mafia figures and a number of similar outlaws,...
That may help to explain why we have a sneaking admiration — or interest, at least — in fictional characters whose "heroic" credentials are quite vague as to morality, say James Bond, or his equally lethal but less glamorous American counterpart, Donald Hamilton’s Matt Helm.
Or for that matter, those compelled to take the law into their own hands, vigilante style — an entire host, spanning various genres and media, from Don Pendleton’s Mack Bolan, alias the Executioner, to V from "V for Vendetta", to Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) in the "Death Wish" series of films, to Bollywood’s Angry Young Man.
Then, there are those on the other "wrong side" of the law — ‘Godfathers’ Vito and Michael Corleone or other Mafia figures and a number of similar outlaws,...
- 8/28/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Some readers might remember when, in 2013, Abel Ferrara’s third feature film, Ms. 45 (1981) was once again released in theaters, reinvigorated by a brand-new, state-of-the-art restoration and with its sound remastered in HD. This re-release, with its first screening held fittingly in New York on Friday, December 13th, demonstrated to audiences the extent to which Ferrara’s controversial and hastily labelled “rape and revenge” film had maintained its aggressive spleen.
While walking home from work, Thana, a mute young woman working as a seamstress in New York City's Garment District, is raped at gunpoint in an alley by a mysterious, masked attacker. She survives and makes her way back to her apartment, where she encounters a burglar and is raped a second time. Thana—her name an allusion to Greek god of death Thanatos—manages to knock her second assailant out, then bludgeons him to death with an iron and carries his body to the bathtub.
While walking home from work, Thana, a mute young woman working as a seamstress in New York City's Garment District, is raped at gunpoint in an alley by a mysterious, masked attacker. She survives and makes her way back to her apartment, where she encounters a burglar and is raped a second time. Thana—her name an allusion to Greek god of death Thanatos—manages to knock her second assailant out, then bludgeons him to death with an iron and carries his body to the bathtub.
- 8/17/2021
- by Eugenio Ercolani
- DailyDead
Stars: Bill Oberst Jr., Michael Pare, Tom Parnell, Mark Savage, Khalimah Gaston, Alexander Pennecke, Pacey Liz Walker, Austin Janowsky, Scot Scurlock, Liz DeCoudres, Kristina Beringer, Eve Jordan Litchfield | Written by Tom Parnell, Mark Savage | Directed by Mark Savage
Back when I reviewed Purgatory Road I said it might be the film to finally put director Mark Savage over in the US market. Instead, he dropped off the map for four years. Now he and co-writer Tom Parnell back with Painkiller, a sequel to their 2016 dark comedy Stressed to Kill which I haven’t seen. That film featured Bill Oberst Jr. as Bill Johnson, a man who takes the doctor’s advice to get rid of stress a bit too literally and starts killing those who annoy him. In Painkiller, originally titled Stressed to Kill: Doctor’s Orders, he’s back, but his killing has a different focus.
Bill is a radio talk jock.
Back when I reviewed Purgatory Road I said it might be the film to finally put director Mark Savage over in the US market. Instead, he dropped off the map for four years. Now he and co-writer Tom Parnell back with Painkiller, a sequel to their 2016 dark comedy Stressed to Kill which I haven’t seen. That film featured Bill Oberst Jr. as Bill Johnson, a man who takes the doctor’s advice to get rid of stress a bit too literally and starts killing those who annoy him. In Painkiller, originally titled Stressed to Kill: Doctor’s Orders, he’s back, but his killing has a different focus.
Bill is a radio talk jock.
- 5/25/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
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Released in 1972, The Valachi Papers depicts the rise and fall of Mafia informant Joseph Valachi, who became the first member of the Mafia (otherwise known as Cosa Nostra) to acknowledge its existence in public. Directed by Terence Young and produced by legendary Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis The Valachi Papers stars Charles Bronson in the lead role, alongside his real-life wife Jill Ireland as well as Lino Ventura, Walter Chiari and Joseph Wiseman.
The film covers five decades of Valachi’s involvement in organised crime – from his burglaries with the Minutemen to working under mob boss Vito Genovese from the 1930s – as the film unceremoniously portrays life in the criminal underworld. Told from the perspective of Valachi, the film begins with the ageing gangster in prison fearing for his life after a contract for his killing is ordered...
By Matt Davey
Released in 1972, The Valachi Papers depicts the rise and fall of Mafia informant Joseph Valachi, who became the first member of the Mafia (otherwise known as Cosa Nostra) to acknowledge its existence in public. Directed by Terence Young and produced by legendary Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis The Valachi Papers stars Charles Bronson in the lead role, alongside his real-life wife Jill Ireland as well as Lino Ventura, Walter Chiari and Joseph Wiseman.
The film covers five decades of Valachi’s involvement in organised crime – from his burglaries with the Minutemen to working under mob boss Vito Genovese from the 1930s – as the film unceremoniously portrays life in the criminal underworld. Told from the perspective of Valachi, the film begins with the ageing gangster in prison fearing for his life after a contract for his killing is ordered...
- 2/2/2021
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
1968: The Doctors' Nick proposed to Althea.
1980: Texas' Justin rescued Rikki from a burning race car.
1981: Edge of Night's Sky plotted with Gunther against Gavin.
1991: Young and the Restless' Traci helped Brad with a Jabot ad."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: Prolific radio soap opera writer Elaine Sterne Carrington (Pepper Young's Family; Rosemary) was featured in Time magazine.
1968: On The Doctors, while at dinner, Dr. Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon) asked Dr. Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) to marry him.
Thanks to Scott for sending in the item above.
1980: Texas' Justin rescued Rikki from a burning race car.
1981: Edge of Night's Sky plotted with Gunther against Gavin.
1991: Young and the Restless' Traci helped Brad with a Jabot ad."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: Prolific radio soap opera writer Elaine Sterne Carrington (Pepper Young's Family; Rosemary) was featured in Time magazine.
1968: On The Doctors, while at dinner, Dr. Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon) asked Dr. Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) to marry him.
Thanks to Scott for sending in the item above.
- 8/26/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday.
This week’s question: What is the worst movie remake ever made?
“Beauty and the Beast” (2017)
Mike McGranaghan (@AisleSeat), The Aisle Seat, Ranker
It was a massive hit and got mostly good reviews from other critics, so maybe this is just a personal thing, but I’d have to choose Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” remake. They took a beautiful, meaningful story and turned it into a big, dumb, overblown, soulless, CGI-heavy bore. Actually, I hate all the Disney live-action remakes. They’re just inferior versions of movies that were virtually perfect. Disney has always been way too willing to cannibalize itself. These films take that unappealing tendency to a new low. The “Beauty and the Beast” remake is the worst of a bad lot.
“Breathless” (1983)
Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow), The...
This week’s question: What is the worst movie remake ever made?
“Beauty and the Beast” (2017)
Mike McGranaghan (@AisleSeat), The Aisle Seat, Ranker
It was a massive hit and got mostly good reviews from other critics, so maybe this is just a personal thing, but I’d have to choose Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” remake. They took a beautiful, meaningful story and turned it into a big, dumb, overblown, soulless, CGI-heavy bore. Actually, I hate all the Disney live-action remakes. They’re just inferior versions of movies that were virtually perfect. Disney has always been way too willing to cannibalize itself. These films take that unappealing tendency to a new low. The “Beauty and the Beast” remake is the worst of a bad lot.
“Breathless” (1983)
Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow), The...
- 5/28/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Stars: Robert Kovacs, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson, Eva Hamilton, Stormi Maya | Written and Directed by Rene Perez
[Note: With the film now out on DVD in the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of Death Kiss from its Us debut last year]
As if having one of his films, Playing With Dolls, released in the UK as Leatherface wasn’t bad enough (though not his decision but rather the UK distributors), Rene Perez has gone all out with his latest movie, in “homaging” other exploitation films – in this case Charles Bronson and Death Wish – with Death Kiss. Perez’s latest film features Charles Bronson doppelganger Robert Bronzi (here billed as Robert Kovacs), who previously appeared in another Rene Perez film From Hell to the Wild West, as a vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, trying to rid the city of crime whilst at the same time protecting a young mother and her child.
Death...
[Note: With the film now out on DVD in the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of Death Kiss from its Us debut last year]
As if having one of his films, Playing With Dolls, released in the UK as Leatherface wasn’t bad enough (though not his decision but rather the UK distributors), Rene Perez has gone all out with his latest movie, in “homaging” other exploitation films – in this case Charles Bronson and Death Wish – with Death Kiss. Perez’s latest film features Charles Bronson doppelganger Robert Bronzi (here billed as Robert Kovacs), who previously appeared in another Rene Perez film From Hell to the Wild West, as a vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, trying to rid the city of crime whilst at the same time protecting a young mother and her child.
Death...
- 3/26/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Perhaps best known as relentless vigilante Paul Kersey in the Death Wish movies, Bronson played another justice-seeking character, Leo Kessler, in 1983's 10 to Midnight, coming to Blu-ray in a Collector's Edition from Scream Factory early next year, and ahead of its January 22nd release, the Blu-ray's full list of special features has now been revealed.
From the Press Release: "Charles Bronson stars as a rogue cop pursuing a deranged killer in the action-packed suspense-thriller 10 to Midnight. Serving up vigilante justice as only he can, Bronson delivers one of his most riveting performances in this film. On January 22nd, 2019, Scream Factory brings this Cannon Group classic to Blu-ray as a Collector’s Edition loaded with new bonus features, including a new 4k scan of the original camera negative, new interviews with actor Andrew Stevens, producer Lance Hool, actor Robert F. Lyons, and actress Jeana Tomasina Keough; as well as a...
From the Press Release: "Charles Bronson stars as a rogue cop pursuing a deranged killer in the action-packed suspense-thriller 10 to Midnight. Serving up vigilante justice as only he can, Bronson delivers one of his most riveting performances in this film. On January 22nd, 2019, Scream Factory brings this Cannon Group classic to Blu-ray as a Collector’s Edition loaded with new bonus features, including a new 4k scan of the original camera negative, new interviews with actor Andrew Stevens, producer Lance Hool, actor Robert F. Lyons, and actress Jeana Tomasina Keough; as well as a...
- 12/6/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Through five Death Wish movies spanning 20 years, Charles Bronson delivered a unique brand of justice to violent criminals who crossed (and sometimes ended) the paths of his family and friends. Although the iconic actor passed away back in 2003, Bronson's memory lives on in the new film Death Kiss, starring Robert Kovacs as a man who could be Paul Kersey's doppelgänger. With Death Kiss coming out on digital and VOD platforms on October 2nd from Uncork'd Entertainment, we've been provided with an exclusive clip from the film to share with Daily Dead readers!
Press Release: Uncork'd Entertainment announces a digital/VOD release date of October 2nd for new action-vigilante feature Death Kiss.
Filmed in Northern California, the film stars Robert Kovacs (who has gained attention for his uncanny resemblance to a certain well-known action star), Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter’S Vampires), Richard Tyson, Eva Hamilton (horror fest fave Ruin Me), Stormi Maya,...
Press Release: Uncork'd Entertainment announces a digital/VOD release date of October 2nd for new action-vigilante feature Death Kiss.
Filmed in Northern California, the film stars Robert Kovacs (who has gained attention for his uncanny resemblance to a certain well-known action star), Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter’S Vampires), Richard Tyson, Eva Hamilton (horror fest fave Ruin Me), Stormi Maya,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stars: Robert Kovacs, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson, Eva Hamilton, Stormi Maya | Written and Directed by Rene Perez
As if having one of his films, Playing With Dolls, released in the UK as Leatherface wasn’t bad enough (though not his decision but rather the UK distributors), Rene Perez has gone all out with his latest movie, in “homaging” other exploitation films – in this case Charles Bronson and Death Wish – with Death Kiss. Perez’s latest film features Charles Bronson doppelganger Robert Bronzi (here billed as Robert Kovacs), who previously appeared in another Rene Perez film From Hell to the Wild West, as a vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, trying to rid the city of crime whilst at the same time protecting a young mother and her child.
Death Kiss lays out its cards from the get-go,...
As if having one of his films, Playing With Dolls, released in the UK as Leatherface wasn’t bad enough (though not his decision but rather the UK distributors), Rene Perez has gone all out with his latest movie, in “homaging” other exploitation films – in this case Charles Bronson and Death Wish – with Death Kiss. Perez’s latest film features Charles Bronson doppelganger Robert Bronzi (here billed as Robert Kovacs), who previously appeared in another Rene Perez film From Hell to the Wild West, as a vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, trying to rid the city of crime whilst at the same time protecting a young mother and her child.
Death Kiss lays out its cards from the get-go,...
- 9/17/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
1968: The Doctors' Nick proposed to Althea.
1980: Texas' Justin rescued Rikki from a burning race car.
1981: Edge of Night's Sky plotted with Gunther against Gavin.
1991: Young and the Restless' Traci helped Brad with a Jabot ad."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: Prolific radio soap opera writer Elaine Sterne Carrington (Pepper Young's Family; Rosemary) was featured in Time magazine.
1968: On The Doctors, while at dinner, Dr. Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon) asked Dr. Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) to marry him.
Thanks to Scott for sending in the item above.
1980: On Texas, Terry Dekker (Shanna Reed...
1980: Texas' Justin rescued Rikki from a burning race car.
1981: Edge of Night's Sky plotted with Gunther against Gavin.
1991: Young and the Restless' Traci helped Brad with a Jabot ad."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: Prolific radio soap opera writer Elaine Sterne Carrington (Pepper Young's Family; Rosemary) was featured in Time magazine.
1968: On The Doctors, while at dinner, Dr. Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon) asked Dr. Althea Davis (Elizabeth Hubbard) to marry him.
Thanks to Scott for sending in the item above.
1980: On Texas, Terry Dekker (Shanna Reed...
- 8/27/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Bruce Willis’ Paul Kersey goes on a killing spree in Death Wish, bringing justice to the kinds of thugs who attacked his family. But before the bullets start to fly he’s a broken man, and in this exclusive clip from the movie we see Kersey returning home only to look upon the state his home was left in after his wife and daughter were rushed to the hospital. Just let the man have... Read More...
- 6/4/2018
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
Eli Roth remade Death Wish, and it arrived on life support in theaters this month. To be fair, Roth’s take on Paul Kersey’s vigilante rampage – which traded in a deceased Charles Bronson for a comatose Bruce Willis – reportedly only cost $30 million and recouped nearly half of that in its third-place bow. If […]
The post A History of Violence: Eli Roth, John Wick, and the Morality of “Gun Porn” appeared first on /Film.
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- 3/12/2018
- by Jacob Knight
- Slash Film
Paul Kersey never set out to be a hero. Following his 1974 debut, in the successful though explosively provocative first film of the Death Wish series, and after a string of four widely-lambasted sequels and an even more derided remake, many think he never should have been. As played by Charles Bronson across the five preliminary features, and by Bruce Willis in the newest incarnation, this character, an initially middling and mild-mannered architect (surgeon in the remake), is routinely, mostly unwittingly, thrust into a world of incessant, brutal violence. His quest for revenge is at first a primal and fathomable reaction to an assault on his wife and daughter (the former dies as a result, the latter is left in a catatonic/comatose state), but growing ever more convoluted and pitiless, his subsequent forays into vigilante justice attain varying degrees of clichéd, cartoonish excess. No longer was his target an almost...
- 3/7/2018
- MUBI
Part peerless Horror City time capsule and part urban-paranoia Op-Ed, the original 1974 Death Wish dropped its pacifist everyguy into Middle America's nightmare version of rotten-Big-Apple New York – muggers, rapists and minorities, oh my! – then asked audiences: What would you do if your loved ones were attacked by modern-day savages? The answer: Be a man, pick up a gun and become the apex predator of the concrete jungle. To say that its frontier-justice ideology was reactionary would be putting it mildly; the movie did everything but grab viewers by the lapels.
- 3/2/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago – Man, talk about bad timing. With the Stoneman Douglas shootings still making news, America will now entertain itself with a vigilante doctor shooting anything he sees? Yeesh. Bruce Willis is game in the watchable-but-ultra-violent “Death Wish.”
Rating: 3.0/5.0
The preview audience I saw it with was obviously itching for some revenge lust, because each of Willis’s quality kills were applauded like a home run. There are plenty of shootings, open wounds, head shots and brain splatterings… the fake blood budget probably equaled Bruce’s paycheck. This is ultimate fantasy, the type that NRA arguments against gun control rely on – that the “good guy” with a gun can overcome all evil others who possess that same weapons. I got news for you, only the movies can get away with it, and “Death Wish” should really be a reminder that ordinary folks with arsenals can snap like a twig at any moment.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
The preview audience I saw it with was obviously itching for some revenge lust, because each of Willis’s quality kills were applauded like a home run. There are plenty of shootings, open wounds, head shots and brain splatterings… the fake blood budget probably equaled Bruce’s paycheck. This is ultimate fantasy, the type that NRA arguments against gun control rely on – that the “good guy” with a gun can overcome all evil others who possess that same weapons. I got news for you, only the movies can get away with it, and “Death Wish” should really be a reminder that ordinary folks with arsenals can snap like a twig at any moment.
- 3/2/2018
- by [email protected] (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Death Wish gets a lot of things wrong, but its biggest offense is being incredibly tone-deaf. The film was pushed back from its originally scheduled November 2017 release date to March 2018 (rumors were that MGM wanted some space from the Las Vegas shooting). That was the right thing to do, but the studio should have pushed it back again after the recent events in Parkland, Florida. This movie simply is not entertainment, and unfortunately is not any sort of escapism either. Movies are supposed to be places where we go to escape from our everyday lives. It is okay for a movie to borrow ideas from the headlines, but when it is done in this way about such a controversial topic, that’s when you should reevaluate its release date—again. Some people might be able to separate the real world from this movie, and even though I personally was unable to do so,...
- 3/2/2018
- by Scott Davis
- CinemaNerdz
Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake is a “What were they thinking?” shoot-em-up baffler from start to finish. Irresponsibly tone deaf, maverick in its thematic ignorance and pornographic in its fetishistic gun obsession. There’s never a point where vi-o-lent vigilante justice might *not* be the answer, always gruesomely inflicted with Rothian levels of fatal body trauma. For a movie that opens with media chatter about how Chicago’s criminal epidemic has reached near-dystopian levels, there’s a shocking lack of responsible messaging under peeled layers of flesh. No matter how much you might want to separate your politics from movies, Death Wish refuses to let you. It’s a dumbfounding example of the exact kind of weapons normalization we *do-f#&king-not* need in mainstream pop culture right now.
Bruce Willis is Roth’s Charles Bronson, playing the “Lake Shore Drive” lookin’ surgeon Dr. Paul Kersey. He’s a loving...
Bruce Willis is Roth’s Charles Bronson, playing the “Lake Shore Drive” lookin’ surgeon Dr. Paul Kersey. He’s a loving...
- 3/2/2018
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Eli Roth’s bloodthirsty take on Michael Winner’s 1974 thriller is a banal misfire that goes too far too soon and has arrived at a particularly inopportune time in the Us
Death Wish is a fantasy about a 62-year-old bald man who can flip up his hoodie and suddenly become cool. By day, Paul Kersey (a somnambulant Bruce Willis) is a respected trauma surgeon. At night, the grieving widower is a vigilante dubbed the Grim Reaper. In a showy diptych, we see the two weapons of his trade: scalpels on top, bullets on bottom, a contradiction that ultimately means nothing to the script. The film, too, is simply focused on the power of tools. The zip-up sweatshirt lets Paul strut into the hippest Chicago clubs without anyone offering him a Metamucil. And his gun gives him confidence. Director Eli Roth spares us a hottie giving Paul a come-hither pucker. Instead,...
Death Wish is a fantasy about a 62-year-old bald man who can flip up his hoodie and suddenly become cool. By day, Paul Kersey (a somnambulant Bruce Willis) is a respected trauma surgeon. At night, the grieving widower is a vigilante dubbed the Grim Reaper. In a showy diptych, we see the two weapons of his trade: scalpels on top, bullets on bottom, a contradiction that ultimately means nothing to the script. The film, too, is simply focused on the power of tools. The zip-up sweatshirt lets Paul strut into the hippest Chicago clubs without anyone offering him a Metamucil. And his gun gives him confidence. Director Eli Roth spares us a hottie giving Paul a come-hither pucker. Instead,...
- 3/2/2018
- by Amy Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
2018 is turning out to be a truly inclusive year for on-screen representation. “Black Panther” invited African-American audiences to see themselves in a massive superhero movie that wasn’t about their own oppression, “A Fantastic Woman” gave transgender women the chance to see themselves in an acclaimed film that wasn’t terribly retrograde, and now Eli Roth’s dangerously enjoyable “Death Wish” gives right-wing lunatics the opportunity to see themselves in a fascist fairy tale that wasn’t directed by Dinesh D’Souza. To each their own cinema.
Set in an alternate-reality Chicago where the police are so overwhelmed by inner-city crime that they can’t spare the resources required to solve the murder of an affluent white woman, this contemporary riff on Charles Bronson’s vigilante classic is a pulpy reaffirmation of the idea that a good guy with a gun is the only thing capable of stopping a bad guy with a gun.
Set in an alternate-reality Chicago where the police are so overwhelmed by inner-city crime that they can’t spare the resources required to solve the murder of an affluent white woman, this contemporary riff on Charles Bronson’s vigilante classic is a pulpy reaffirmation of the idea that a good guy with a gun is the only thing capable of stopping a bad guy with a gun.
- 3/1/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Released toadym here’s two new clips from the MGM/Paramount remake of Death Wish, which stars Bruce Willis in the role of Paul Kersey – originally made famous by Charles Bronson – alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue.
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
- 3/1/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Check out this brand new “Grindhouse/Retro” poster (to accompany the previous grindhouse trailer) for the MGM/Paramount remake of Death Wish, which stars Bruce Willis in the role of Paul Kersey – originally made famous by Charles Bronson – alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue.
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes,...
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes,...
- 2/21/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to Trailer Binge, a recurring feature where we get a chance to catch up on some of the recent trailer releases in the past week. Whether it be indie releases, or recent movie and TV trailers that may have slipped through the cracks.
In this inaugural edition of Trailer Binge, we take a look at the final trailer for ‘Gringo‘, ‘Death Wish‘ gets a grind house-style trailer, and the first full trailer for the completely unnecessary ‘Overboard‘ Remake. In addition, binge the trailers for ‘Atlanta‘ Season 2, ‘Love‘ Season 3, and finally the trailer for Burt Reynolds‘ return to the big screen with ‘The Last Movie Star‘. With nothing else to say, let’s jump right into the Trailer Binge!
‘Gringo’ Final Trailer
‘Gringo‘ was directed by Nash Egerton, and stars Charleze Theron, David Oyelowo, and Joel Egerton. The film hits theaters on March 9, 2018. In the meantime, here’s the official...
In this inaugural edition of Trailer Binge, we take a look at the final trailer for ‘Gringo‘, ‘Death Wish‘ gets a grind house-style trailer, and the first full trailer for the completely unnecessary ‘Overboard‘ Remake. In addition, binge the trailers for ‘Atlanta‘ Season 2, ‘Love‘ Season 3, and finally the trailer for Burt Reynolds‘ return to the big screen with ‘The Last Movie Star‘. With nothing else to say, let’s jump right into the Trailer Binge!
‘Gringo’ Final Trailer
‘Gringo‘ was directed by Nash Egerton, and stars Charleze Theron, David Oyelowo, and Joel Egerton. The film hits theaters on March 9, 2018. In the meantime, here’s the official...
- 2/20/2018
- by Taylor Salan
- Age of the Nerd
Check out this brand new clip, courtesy of IGN’s Twitter, from the MGM/Paramount remake of Death Wish, which stars Bruce Willis in the role of Paul Kersey – originally made famous by Charles Bronson – alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue.
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Bruce Willis braces for home invaders in this scene from the upcoming vigilante remake #DeathWishMovie! pic.twitter.com/CS4QLf2QNq
— IGN (@IGN) February 12, 2018
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into...
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Bruce Willis braces for home invaders in this scene from the upcoming vigilante remake #DeathWishMovie! pic.twitter.com/CS4QLf2QNq
— IGN (@IGN) February 12, 2018
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into...
- 2/13/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
From RedBand.Ca, Sneak Peek a new restricted 'grindhouse' trailer, revealing more footage from director Eli Roth's "Death Wish", based on the 1972 novel, starring Bruce Willis, as 'Paul Kersey', who fed up with vicious criminals and leftist agitators, finally loses his cool and strikes back, March 2, 2018:
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
"Death Wish" (1974) is also noted as the first role for actor Jeff Goldblum, who plays greasy, scumbag "Freak #1.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
"Death Wish" (1974) is also noted as the first role for actor Jeff Goldblum, who plays greasy, scumbag "Freak #1.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 2/7/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Check out this brand new “Grindhouse” trailer for the MGM/Paramount remake of Death Wish, which stars Bruce Willis in the role of Paul Kersey – originally made famous by Charles Bronson – alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue.
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
- 2/7/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We've got a grindhouse-style red-band trailer for director Eli Roth's upcoming remake of Death Wish. The movie stars Bruce Willis who is out to prescribe a lethal dose of revenge. The trailer also offers a healthy shot blood and carnage. It also makes sure to make a note that Eli Roth is a "horror master", but I don't agree with that at all. However, Death Wish looks like it might be a decent and entertaining film. It doesn't hurt that Willis stars in it and that it was written by Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, The Grey).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home.
- 2/5/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
While some may hold dear movie franchises such as Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings or anything having to do with Harry Potter, it’s actually Death Wish that does it for me – and I’m probably one of the few guys under fifty years of age who will say that. Hey, I’ve always been a fan of vigilante justice on film, and few other series have pulled it off so well.
Odds are that you’re probably familiar with characters like the Punisher, but what separated Charles Bronson’s Paul Kersey from a Frank Castle was that he was just your average guy who was dealt a very bad hand. Basically, someone close to him was killed in each of the five movies in the original series, thus making for an even worse time for anybody who happened to be a street thug within Kersey’s locale.
Odds are that you’re probably familiar with characters like the Punisher, but what separated Charles Bronson’s Paul Kersey from a Frank Castle was that he was just your average guy who was dealt a very bad hand. Basically, someone close to him was killed in each of the five movies in the original series, thus making for an even worse time for anybody who happened to be a street thug within Kersey’s locale.
- 2/5/2018
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Sneak Peek more new footage, plus images from director Eli Roth's "Death Wish", based on the 1972 novel by author Brian Garfield, starring Bruce Willis, as 'Paul Kersey', who fed up with vicious criminals and suicidal agitators, finally loses his cool and strikes back, March 2, 2018:
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
"Death Wish" (1974) is also noted as the first role for actor Jeff Goldblum, who plays greasy, scumbag "Freak #1.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak...
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
"Death Wish" (1974) is also noted as the first role for actor Jeff Goldblum, who plays greasy, scumbag "Freak #1.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak...
- 1/6/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Here’s the brand new trailer and poster for the MGM/Paramount remake of Death Wish, which stars Bruce Willis in the role of Paul Kersey – originally made famous by Charles Bronson – alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue.
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
Directed by Eli Roth (Knock Knock, Hostel) from a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, the film follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
- 1/4/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Death Wish was supposed to come out on Thanksgiving weekend 2017. The reason for the delay was stated as Bruce Willis and director Eli Roth’s availability to promote the film. However, real life violence like the Las Vegas shooting might have made it a poor time for a vigilante film anyway. A new trailer released today suggests the new Death Wish has addressed sensitive issues of gun violence for its release on March 2. The world in which Willis’s Paul Kersey takes to the streets is one in which people debate whether he should. The original Death Wish adaptation starred...read more...
- 1/3/2018
- by Fred Topel
- Monsters and Critics
Bruce Willis gets revenge in the new bullet-riddled trailer for Death Wish, director Eli Roth's remake of the 1974 action film.
The clip opens with a grim warning that, of the 125 million families living in the U.S., one-fourth "will become victims of a crime." The scene then shifts to the home of Dr. Paul Kersey (Willis), whose wife is murdered and daughter attacked during a home invasion. When the crime goes unsolved, the protagonist sets out for justice.
"I love my family. I failed to protect them," Willis intones in a voiceover.
The clip opens with a grim warning that, of the 125 million families living in the U.S., one-fourth "will become victims of a crime." The scene then shifts to the home of Dr. Paul Kersey (Willis), whose wife is murdered and daughter attacked during a home invasion. When the crime goes unsolved, the protagonist sets out for justice.
"I love my family. I failed to protect them," Willis intones in a voiceover.
- 1/3/2018
- Rollingstone.com
The year is 1974 a former military man whose family is taken from him turns vigilante to hunt the people responsible for taking his wife and child from him. I’m not talking about Frank Castle, The Punisher (who made his first appearance Feb of that year), but I am talking about character Paul Kersey who is the main character of the film series Death Wish. Today is 2018 and the vigilante is being rebooted for big screen once more. Let’s check out the 2nd trailer (and poster) for the movie below:
In this reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city's violence when it is rushed into his ER - until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
In this reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city's violence when it is rushed into his ER - until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
- 1/3/2018
- by [email protected] (Rob Bayne)
- Cinelinx
Action veteran Bruce Willis toes the line between good and evil – between guardian angel and grim reaper – in the second, balls-to-the-wall trailer for Death Wish, the hardboiled remake locked in for March 2nd.
Initially scheduled for release in November, before MGM shielded Eli Roth’s actioner from the back-to-back launch of Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok, Death Wish places ol’ Willis in the scrubs of Paul Kersey, a decorated doctor who takes matters into his own hands after his wife and daughter are brutally attacked in their suburban home.
And so, Kersey becomes the archetypal vigilante – a no-nonsense, one-man army willing to mow down anyone and everyone standing between him and his family. Because let’s face it: how many times have we seen some variation of the tagline “how far would you go to protect your family?” It’s the foundation on which most revenge stories are built, but...
Initially scheduled for release in November, before MGM shielded Eli Roth’s actioner from the back-to-back launch of Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok, Death Wish places ol’ Willis in the scrubs of Paul Kersey, a decorated doctor who takes matters into his own hands after his wife and daughter are brutally attacked in their suburban home.
And so, Kersey becomes the archetypal vigilante – a no-nonsense, one-man army willing to mow down anyone and everyone standing between him and his family. Because let’s face it: how many times have we seen some variation of the tagline “how far would you go to protect your family?” It’s the foundation on which most revenge stories are built, but...
- 1/3/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from director Eli Roth's reboot of the 1974 feature "Death Wish", based on the 1972 novel by author Brian Garfield, starring Bruce Willis, as 'Paul Kersey', who fed up with vicious criminals and a weak justice system, finally loses his cool and strikes back, March 2, 2018:
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
"Death Wish" (1974) is also noted as the first role for actor Jeff Goldblum, who plays greasy, scumbag "Freak #1.
Click the images...
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
"Death Wish" (1974) is also noted as the first role for actor Jeff Goldblum, who plays greasy, scumbag "Freak #1.
Click the images...
- 1/3/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
How far would you go to protect your family?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has just released a new trailer and poster for Death Wish! Director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller stars Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris and Kimberly Elise.
Death Wish is in theaters everywhere on March 2, 2018!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel or a grim reaper.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has just released a new trailer and poster for Death Wish! Director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller stars Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris and Kimberly Elise.
Death Wish is in theaters everywhere on March 2, 2018!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel or a grim reaper.
- 1/3/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Someone took my wife. Everyone involved is going to pay."
MGM has released a new trailer for director Eli Roth's remake of classic 1974 Charles Bronson revenge thriller Death Wish. This time Bruce Willis stars in the film and he goes on a rampage of murderous revenge. It no secret that I'm not a fan of Roth or his films. Bruce Willis is great, though, so for his sake, I hope the movie is good!
The screenplay for the film was written ben Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, The Grey) and the movie looks like it could end up being entertaining. It's definitely going to be action-packed and violent as hell. Eli Roth loves the violence and we know he won't shy away from showing some grusome stuff.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s...
MGM has released a new trailer for director Eli Roth's remake of classic 1974 Charles Bronson revenge thriller Death Wish. This time Bruce Willis stars in the film and he goes on a rampage of murderous revenge. It no secret that I'm not a fan of Roth or his films. Bruce Willis is great, though, so for his sake, I hope the movie is good!
The screenplay for the film was written ben Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, The Grey) and the movie looks like it could end up being entertaining. It's definitely going to be action-packed and violent as hell. Eli Roth loves the violence and we know he won't shy away from showing some grusome stuff.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s...
- 1/3/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Cinema’s bullet-happy vigilante is back and spraying ammo faster than ever in Death Wish, Eli Roth’s re-charge of the 1974 genre classic. In this second official trailer of the upcoming MGM action-thriller, Bruce Willis brings his trigger finger and trademark smirk to the role of a surgeon who seeks vengeance after his wife and daughter are attacked in their suburban home. Advised by a cop to have faith, Willis’ Dr. Paul Kersey snaps back, “How’d faith work out for them?,”…...
- 1/3/2018
- Deadline
Stars: Saya Minami, Kenji Shimada, Kaori Kawabuchi, Kei Miura, Nozomi de Lencquesaing, Yoji Yamada, Sawa Masaki, Yasunari Kondo, Ten Miyazawa, Yûki Kuroda, Dylan Davies Tanaka, Dylan Heath, Ayumu Kawashima, Yumiko Dunk | Written by Bill Clare, Addison Heath, Dylan Heath, Jasmine Jakupi | Directed by Addison Heath, Jasmine Jakupi
I’ll be honest, I’m a Huge fan of writer/director Addison Heath’s work – from his script for Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla; to his fantastic directorial debut Under a Kaleidoscope (which I reviewed back in 2014 when it screened at that years MonsterFest); to his most recent film, the superb genre-bending Monda Yakuza; I have enjoyed each and ever one of his movies to no end. So how excited am I for with his latest opus, The Viper’s Hex, another film inspired by Far East cinema? Let’s just say a Lot!
Whilst his previous film, Mondo Yakuza, was clearly inspired by...
I’ll be honest, I’m a Huge fan of writer/director Addison Heath’s work – from his script for Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla; to his fantastic directorial debut Under a Kaleidoscope (which I reviewed back in 2014 when it screened at that years MonsterFest); to his most recent film, the superb genre-bending Monda Yakuza; I have enjoyed each and ever one of his movies to no end. So how excited am I for with his latest opus, The Viper’s Hex, another film inspired by Far East cinema? Let’s just say a Lot!
Whilst his previous film, Mondo Yakuza, was clearly inspired by...
- 11/27/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Horror was so prevalent and popular in the early ‘80s that even the action genre wanted in on the…uh, action. Chuck Norris haiyah’ed a Michael Myers wannabe in Silent Rage (1982), so next up it was granite faced Charles Bronson’s turn to take on slashers with 10 to Midnight (1983), a sleazy yet fascinating trip through the mind of a serial killer. While it’s never as deep as it thinks it is, it’s smarter than it has any right to be.
Released in March, this Cannon production, co-distributed by MGM, recouped its 4.5 million plus a few million more at the box office. Certainly not Death Wish numbers, but it’s not really a Death Wish type of film (until it is). As for the critics, Mr. Ebert called it “a scummy little sewer of a movie”. He’s not completely right, though; the misogynistic male gaze is upended...
Released in March, this Cannon production, co-distributed by MGM, recouped its 4.5 million plus a few million more at the box office. Certainly not Death Wish numbers, but it’s not really a Death Wish type of film (until it is). As for the critics, Mr. Ebert called it “a scummy little sewer of a movie”. He’s not completely right, though; the misogynistic male gaze is upended...
- 11/18/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Annapurna Pictures have announced that they are postponing the release, originally set for November 22nd, of Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake, which stars Bruce Willis in the role of Paul Kersey – originally made famous by Charles Brosnan in Michael Winner’s 1974 original.
Based on a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, Death Wish follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Willis stars in the film alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue.
Death Wish is now scheduled for release on March 2nd 2018.
Based on a screenplay by Joe Carnahan, Death Wish follows Paul Kersey (Willis) whose life is destroyed by a violent crime against his wife and daughter. Frustrated the bad guys were not brought to justice for the violence and degradation the thugs inflicted on his family, he starts hunting for the perpetrators himself.
Willis stars in the film alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue.
Death Wish is now scheduled for release on March 2nd 2018.
- 10/6/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Although it may feel a bit far removed from its source material at times, Riverdale consistently made for some truly compelling television throughout its inaugural season by not only delivering much in the way of drama, but also by having a riveting murder mystery serving as its backbone.
That being said, some viewers were left wondering how the series’ producers would be able to draw them in for a second helping, but, lo and behold, Archie’s dad was brutally shot at the end of May’s finale. Not surprisingly, this will serve as the springboard to what’s looking to be an even darker sophomore year, as the latest promo (seen above) shows the young Mr. Andrews seemingly about do go all Death Wish by channeling his inner Paul Kersey.
But knowing that Kj Apa has a rich cast backing him up, it’s only expected that each of...
That being said, some viewers were left wondering how the series’ producers would be able to draw them in for a second helping, but, lo and behold, Archie’s dad was brutally shot at the end of May’s finale. Not surprisingly, this will serve as the springboard to what’s looking to be an even darker sophomore year, as the latest promo (seen above) shows the young Mr. Andrews seemingly about do go all Death Wish by channeling his inner Paul Kersey.
But knowing that Kj Apa has a rich cast backing him up, it’s only expected that each of...
- 8/18/2017
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from director Eli Roth's reboot of the 1974 feature "Death Wish", with a new screenplay co-written by Joe Carnahan ("Narc"), based on the 1972 novel written by author Brian Garfield, now starring Bruce Willis, as mild-mannered 'Paul Kersey', who fed up with the injustice of vicious criminals and shit-grinning, left-wing agitators, finally loses his cool and strikes back, November 22, 2017:
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Paul's brother, Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', wife of Paul, Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', daughter of Paul and Lucy, Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
"...'Dr. Paul Kersey' an even tempered physician, practicing in Chicago...
"...becomes a hardened vigilante when his wife is murdered and daughter is brutally attacked by thugs..."
Cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio ("The Player") as 'Frank Kersey', Paul's brother, Dean Norris ("Total Recall") as 'Detective Rains'...
...Kimberly Elise as 'Detective Jackson', Mike Epps as 'Dr. Chris Salgado', Elisabeth Shue ("Hollow Man") as 'Lucy Kersey', wife of Paul, Camila Morrone as 'Jordan Kersey', daughter of Paul and Lucy, Ronnie Gene Blevins as 'Joe' and Beau Knapp as 'Knox'.
- 8/10/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
(Aton) The trailer for the ‘Death Wish‘ remake has finally landed. The Eli Roth-directed vehicle stars Bruce Willis as Dr. Paul Kersey, a Chicago surgeon who goes out for revenge when his wife, (Elizabeth Shue) and daughter (Camila Morrone) are attacked in a vicious home invasion.
The original ‘Death Wish‘, which stared Charles Bronson and spawned four sequels, is considered to be a classic among revenge flicks, if not cult status at the least. The remake was written by Joe Carnahan, and will mark Roth’s first venture into the action/revenge genre. Carnahan was originally set to direct, but after creative differences Roth stepped in to helm the picture.
The film also stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Jack Kesy, Dean Norris, and Mike Epps. Here’s the first full trailer.
Here’s the official synopsis for the remake:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish.
The original ‘Death Wish‘, which stared Charles Bronson and spawned four sequels, is considered to be a classic among revenge flicks, if not cult status at the least. The remake was written by Joe Carnahan, and will mark Roth’s first venture into the action/revenge genre. Carnahan was originally set to direct, but after creative differences Roth stepped in to helm the picture.
The film also stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Jack Kesy, Dean Norris, and Mike Epps. Here’s the first full trailer.
Here’s the official synopsis for the remake:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish.
- 8/7/2017
- by Taylor Salan
- Age of the Nerd
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