Review of Death Wish (1974) by Jeff M — 09 May 2007

Good viglante justice after daughter and wife raped.

This review of Death Wish (1974) was written by Jeff M on 09 May 2007.

Death Wish has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Death Wish

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Michael H (3,299) on 04 Apr 2015

OK, if you over look the generation gap you will find a kick-ass movie about a guy who is in a situation where he can't loose anything and…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Alex K (2,253) on 13 Jan 2014

My Favorite Action Film Is 1988's Die Hard…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Millerfilm (3) on 07 Mar 2018

Charles Bronson fascist classic where his character magically becomes the NRA'S poster boy by all-of-a-sudden hunting down and killing pretty…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Bart T (4) on 28 Feb 2018

My wife and I just saw this movie for the first time in meny years and it still a great movie…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Jukka H (236) on 20 Feb 2014

The quality film of the series - the first two sequels are also great but for other reasons. :) Excellent quality blu-ray…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Peter P (1,726) on 23 Feb 2015

When I was a kid I used to think Charles Bronson was a really scary man, especially when I would see a few seconds of any Death Wish movie,…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Robert H (1,967) on 12 Apr 2014

Death Wish is an extremely thought provoking revenge thriller that's very much a product of its time…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Darrin C (626) on 06 Feb 2015

Not bad, not bad...kinda slow at times and Charles Bronson plays the same character he always does, but I enjoyed the action and idea behind…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Mark Steyn (90) for The Spectator (1,162) on 01 Feb 2018

Death Wish is a remarkable social artefact, a valuable record of the day before yesterday - 1974 - when New York and many other American cities…

Read Review

Review of Death Wish (1974)

By Alex S (2,786) on 19 Jul 2015

Stylish and gritty 70's revenge thriller with Charles Bronson who plays a man who turns vigilante after the police fail to capture the muggers…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Jackie Brown (1997)

By Greg C (624) on 05 May 2011

Ahh that was a good nap.....even if you stay awake it doesnt make up for itself and is more of a regret…

Read Review

Review of Strange Days (1995)

By Martin D (1,305) on 20 Feb 2010

My main interest in seeing this was to see an early film by the director of The Hurt Locker (which I found to be rather brilliant)…

Read Review

Review of Fargo (1996)

By Nazgulero (109) on 05 Jul 2011

This movie won two Oscars...it must have been a bad year at the movies. The movie never can decide if it wants to be a comedy or a thriller…

Read Review

Review of The Interpreter (2005)

By Thedirtyone (1) on 24 Apr 2005

Holes big enough to drive a Mack truck through…

Read Review

Review of Taxi Driver (1976)

By Nightwingnova (2) on 12 Dec 2011

An unjustifiably celebrated movie. Scorsese directs well enough. The actors are good (especially Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel)…

Read Review

Review of Amadeus (1984)

By Nazgulero (109) on 05 Dec 2012

Simply awful. The acting is so bad, and Tom Hulce's performance in particular, this movie is unbearable to watch…

Read Review

Review of Breathless (1960)

By Marcus W (1,161) on 09 Nov 2016

Tries to be cool and forgets to be interesting or engaging…

Read Review

Review of Léon: The Professional (1994)

By Slevin (1) on 15 Nov 2005

A farfetched, hollow tear-jerker A story so full of holes you could use it to catch fish…

Read Review

Review of The King of Comedy (1982)

By Paptimussc (3) on 08 Oct 2019

I watched for 40 minutes before turning it off…

Read Review

Review of Gladiator (2000)

By Sydmwswy (27) on 23 Jun 2022

Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world. The script is zero…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Death Wish

1974

63%546 Reviews

Moneyball

2011

80%1,075 Reviews

Sleeper

1973

73%531 Reviews

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

2001

63%823 Reviews

Fast and Furious

1939

57%621 Reviews

King of Devil's Island

2010

79%106 Reviews

The Starving Games

2013

28%151 Reviews

Body Shots

1999

47%57 Reviews

La Vie en Rose

2007

75%640 Reviews

Even Money

2007

47%158 Reviews