Death Wish

– After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man v..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 33 Minutes
Release Year:
1974
Death Wish (1974)

After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Death Wish (1974) - Trailer

Release Date:

24 Jul 1974

Language:

English, Italian, German, French

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Winner

Writer:

Brian Garfield (novel), Wendell Mayes (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats

Plot:

Open-minded architect Paul Kersey returns to New York City from vacationing with his wife, feeling on top of the world. At the office, his cynical coworker gives him the welcome-back with a warning on the rising crime rate. But Paul, a bleeding-heart liberal, thinks of crime as being caused by poverty. However his coworker's ranting proves to be more than true when Paul's wife is killed and his daughter is raped in his own apartment. The police have no reliable leads and his overly sensitive son-in-law only exacerbates Paul's feeling of hopelessness. He is now facing the reality that the police can't be everywhere at once. Out of sympathy his boss gives him an assignment in sunny Arizona where Paul gets a taste of the Old West ideals. He returns to New York with a compromised view on muggers...

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Production:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
Metacritic:
51%