The remake has been gestating for a decade, with credited writer Carnahan reportedly not involved in the project since 2013, so any timeliness of the film’s appearance just as opposition to US gun violence coheres into effective action for meaningful change would seem to be coincidental. The only solid reason to embrace recycled intellectual property is if the experience reconnects you with people worth meeting again – and who on the face of it would want to bump into Paul Kersey for another joyless cycle of violent bereavement, self-analysis down the firing range, and rebirth via a Glock 17? But here he is again anyway, Michael Winner and Wendell Mayes’ Death Wish (1974) having been remade by Eli Roth and Joe Carnahan, with Bruce Willis following the path originally trod by Charles Bronson as an upstanding white middle-class male discovering his inner vigilante. Better than some, worse than others.ĭeath Wish.“If you try to make a work of art whose defining virtue is its virtuousness, then good luck: it’s not going to stick.”
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But is this good movie making? Well, not really but the basic story and premise are timeless and so there is always room in the early spring for a movie like this. This will find a following, and this is set up for more. But in the end, what this is, is a dad protecting his family much like the original. This is very violent, and very graphic at times. It does make its feelings known on its stance on gun laws, and accessibility to getting potentially dangerous information. This has many scenes where gun laws and our culture are put on wide display. This movie is not totally tone deaf to violence. This is based on a very successful book from 1972, that actually refutes being a vigilante, as where the original and this, embrace it. Kersey (Willis) is a surgeon and his wife is killed, and young daughter is brutally attacked in a home invasion.
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The original from 1974 has been updated for a more modern feel, but the basic premise is still in tact.ĭr.
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Here we go again, rebooting an old movie series for a new audience, and this time it’s Bruce Willis in the old Charles Bronson series, Death Wish. This is also very brutal at times with torture and moments of general tastelessness that will be tough for some. But some bad writing editing spoil the party. This is Lawences flick, and being fair, she holds up her end of the bargain for the most part. This has a nice supporting cast with Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons, but they seem under utilized and trivial in the end. Yes, there are compelling moments here, but overall this is drawn out to the extreme.Īlso, there is a certain level of predictability that makes this all the more cliche’. But what this actually does is make you wait for something to actually happen that matters. Sparrows, are Russian women who are secretly trained in very sexual and specialized areas to root out foreign spy’s, and diplomats, and Lawrence plays one of them. This new political thriller is not a total wash, but is riddled with problems and overall comes up very short.įirst of all, could this be any longer? And any more belabored than it is? This anti Russian Intel / anti-CIA flick takes far too long to make its point. I understand that is almost a crime in today’s movie going world to not rave about a Jennifer Lawrence flick, but I can’t here yet again. Why? Why to theaters? This is the poster child for straight to video or streaming services. For the new target audience? This will be just fine.
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New fans will call this their franchise, and older gamers will compare it to the originals. And for a movie called Tomb Raider, there isn’t a whole lot of “tomb raiding” till very late in the movie. This is basically OK, not a bad day at the movies, we’ve just seen this whole thing before. It’s Lara’s job to stop them, and also find her thought-dead father who has the key that protects anyone from opening the tomb. Lara has gone to the edge of the world to try to save the world from a horrible company that wants to unleash a global genocide from a log sealed tomb. This version is very action based with long, drawn out action sequences and some of them very good. New cast, some new effects, and new techniques in movie making, but it’s still a reboot.
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