Liberal CPA turns vigilante after his wife and daughter are brutally attacked in his New York apartment. Slow-starter (the hero doesn't even take a swing at anyone until the halfway point) that develops into a thoughtful, non-exploitative discourse on crime and self-defense. You know it isn't all about the killing when a large chunk of the climax is in the form of a psychological profile of the unknown killer. Ends well. Made into a movie in 1974 starring Charles Bronson. Followed by a sequel, Death Sentence, in 1975.
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Liberal CPA turns vigilante after his wife and daughter are brutally attacked in his New York apartment. Slow-starter (the hero doesn't even take a swing at anyone until the halfway point) that develops into a thoughtful, non-exploitative discourse on crime and self-defense. You know it isn't all about the killing when a large chunk of the climax is in the form of a psychological profile of the unknown killer. Ends well. Made into a movie in 1974 starring Charles Bronson. Followed by a sequel, Death Sentence, in 1975.
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bookstooge
7/7/2016 05:30:44 am
Wasn't the deathwish movie turned into a franchise? I seem to remember seeing a Deathwish 4? Maybe I'm thinking of something else though.
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Brian
7/7/2016 12:25:55 pm
Five in the series. I've seen 1 and 2, *possibly* 3, and that's it. Have the review for the original movie, but haven't posted yet. It was quite interesting reading/seeing these in the midst of all the gun talk in the news. Short version: the arguments haven't changed much in the last 45 years.
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