Review of Death Wish (2018) by Dann M — 26 Nov 2018

Eli Roth remakes Death Wish with Bruce Willis. When Dr. Paul Kersey's wife is killed and his daughter's left in a coma after a home invasion Kersey takes matters into his own hands and becomes a vigilante to get the justice that the police can't.

Willis gives a fairly middling performance, but the character isn't really written that well. Still, the film does do some clever things with the internet and talk radio to show how the character trains to become a vigilante and gains notoriety.

And while the pacing can be kind of slow, it allows time for Kersey to grow frustrated and exhaust other avenues before turning to vigilantism. Rather tame for an Eli Roth film, Death Wish is an entertaining, though pretty run-of-the-mill revenge film that doesn't do anything new or interesting with the material.