Paul Kersey (Willis) is a well respected surgeon who is living the good life with his beautiful wife Lucy (Shue) and teen daughter Jordan (Morrone). While out one evening celebrating Jordan's acceptance to college, along with her uncle Frank (D'Onofrio), the family's address is copied by the valet attendant who would pass it on for them to be targeted to be robbed. While Paul is away at the hospital working, the two women are attacked and assaulted by three armed intruders. When one of the intruders tries to get frisky with Jordan she fights back as well as her mother causing the leader to shoot both the ladies, killing the mother and leaving the daughter hospitalized in a coma. Overwhelmed with anger, Paul would take to the streets dressed in a hoodie and armed with a hand gun, ready to avenge his family as well as any wrongdoings that he witnesses from thugs in the hood.
As the body count stacks up and his notoriety rises, Paul will soon be on the radar of not only the police but also the lead assailant that shot his family.
Reel Talk:
This remake of the 1974 movie of the same title that starred Charles Bronson, who went on to do a series of Death Wish movies will probably do the same for Bruce Willis. Willis who portrays the same character as Bronson's, just different occupation, brings the Kersey persona into the new age of violence, where blood and gore is no longer off limits. The violence and gore is definitely in your face. If you are a Bruce Willis fan or you were a fan of the Charles Bronson series, then you will like this film. I just hope that this film does not encourage people to get into the vigilante mode and start mimicking what they see in this movie.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio. Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris, Beau Knapp and Kimberly Elise
Directed by: Eli Roth
Rated: R
I give it 3 corn dogs.
By: THE REEL HUSTLER
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