Description
Death Wish is a 1974 film about a liberal man who has a change of opinion after his wife and daughter are violently attacked by a gang of thugs. His daughter is sexually assaulted and his wife is murdered. He then turns vigilante as he stalks the mean streets of New York on the prowl for muggers, hoodlums and the like. This film is controversial because it is frank and original in its treatment of urban crime and the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with it.
In this explosive story of revenge and urban violence, Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal who has a change of opinion after his wife and daughter are violently attacked by a gang of thugs in their apartment. His daughter is sexually assaulted and his wife is murdered.
Kersey then turns vigilante as he stalks the mean streets of New York on the prowl for muggers, hoodlums and the like.
Death Wish is a violent, controversial film that is frank and original in its treatment of urban crime and the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with it.