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Kersey enters a gun store to buy a weapon after getting a minor beating from two street punks/thugs/hoodlums/underrepresented (whatever is politically correct to say these days).
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Political Commentary: Paul Kersey buys a gun. Over time Paul becomes frustrated with the police and their slow progress so he decides to take matters into his own hands. Unfortunately Paul's wife and daughter come home and are attacked leaving his wife dead and daughter in a coma. On said night whilst Paul is working late three men break into their house. No more so than many other violent action flicks I've seen over the course of my lifetime.Īs for the plot, whilst surgeon Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is talking about going out on a specific night, the car valet overhears and gets their home address from the cars navi system. Of course its more grounded urban setting will cause people to reflect more upon our current society but at the end of the day I really don't see that as anything overly negative. A basic revenge thriller with plenty of violence, blood, a menacing bunch of villains, and a man of little words anti-hero type.
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The movie itself does hark back to all those adult action thrillers of the 80's and early 90's that would pop up outta nowhere, sometimes good sometimes bad. Surely there are plenty of middle aged blokes you could of cast that don't look quite so fed up with life? No not flippin' Liam Neeson again (good grief!), but this was a good chance to maybe go against cast with someone methinks. I'm still not too sure why he felt the need to cast Bruce Willis in the lead role though. Yes believe it or not this isn't a love letter to conservative gun nuts across the American south (not too much anyway). But that's not to say he didn't have a bloody good go at sticking in some relevant political commentary. Now this is an Eli Roth directed movie, so its pretty obvious from the start to not expect anything overly deep (not that the original was either). Clearly its gonna be controversial, but surely that makes it more exciting.no? A man declaring himself judge jury and executioner? Clearly it drags up moral questions. But a tale of urban vigilantism against common criminals? A job best left for the police. Not that there's anything wrong with a good revenge story, heck there are many Hollywood movies featuring various action stars that centre on revenge against a specific villain or group. The simple story of outright vigilantism which was actually condemned in the original novel but virtually championed and celebrated in the movie adaptation. Did we ever need a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson classic? (itself an adaptation of a novel).