Post by Vits on Jul 1, 2018 7:32:55 GMT
DEATH WISH 1974
5/10
DEATH WISH PART II
3/10
DEATH WISH PART 3
1/10
DEATH WISH PART 4: THE CRACKDOWN
2/10
DEATH WISH PART V: THE FACE OF DEATH
1/10
DEATH WISH 2018 is both an adaptation of a anti-vigilantism novel and a remake of a pro-vigilante movie, so I was ready to be flexible during the comparison. It was made after decades of other movies and TV shows talking about whether it's OK to take the law into one's hands, so I was also ready to be flexible when judging the debate. The problem isn't that we've heard it before; the problem is that some radio DJs (who aren't really connected to the plot) are the ones who discuss it, while the main characters don't. The debate feels like an afterthought. The 1st part of the movie is a very good drama (the melancholic music score stands out), but the scene where DR. PAUL KERSEY goes to buy a gun for the 1st time in his life feels like a satire. Then there's a montage set to BACK IN BLACK by AC/DC. So the character is supposed to be a cool hero? The song is used again for the end credits, like it was the theme song. Oh, and there's a torture sequence. I know it doesn't seem surprising since Eli Roth is the director. However, it feels out of place. This is an action movie; not a horror movie. What I'm trying to say is... What was this movie trying to be?! Something that bothered me in the first 2 installments was that PAUL seemed to be the only one who had a gun, while most criminals had knifes (the script writers' excuse to make sure this middle-aged man without experience would win every time). Here, killing criminals is a real challenge.
5/10
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5/10
DEATH WISH PART II
3/10
DEATH WISH PART 3
1/10
DEATH WISH PART 4: THE CRACKDOWN
2/10
DEATH WISH PART V: THE FACE OF DEATH
1/10
DEATH WISH 2018 is both an adaptation of a anti-vigilantism novel and a remake of a pro-vigilante movie, so I was ready to be flexible during the comparison. It was made after decades of other movies and TV shows talking about whether it's OK to take the law into one's hands, so I was also ready to be flexible when judging the debate. The problem isn't that we've heard it before; the problem is that some radio DJs (who aren't really connected to the plot) are the ones who discuss it, while the main characters don't. The debate feels like an afterthought. The 1st part of the movie is a very good drama (the melancholic music score stands out), but the scene where DR. PAUL KERSEY goes to buy a gun for the 1st time in his life feels like a satire. Then there's a montage set to BACK IN BLACK by AC/DC. So the character is supposed to be a cool hero? The song is used again for the end credits, like it was the theme song. Oh, and there's a torture sequence. I know it doesn't seem surprising since Eli Roth is the director. However, it feels out of place. This is an action movie; not a horror movie. What I'm trying to say is... What was this movie trying to be?! Something that bothered me in the first 2 installments was that PAUL seemed to be the only one who had a gun, while most criminals had knifes (the script writers' excuse to make sure this middle-aged man without experience would win every time). Here, killing criminals is a real challenge.
PAUL's daughter JORDAN falls into a coma. When she wakes up after a while, she asks where her mom is and PAUL feels bad. For some reason, the movie skips the moment where he tells her that her mom died, which would've made the movie work as a drama even more. Not only that but, from that point on, she acts like someone who's recovering from an accident instead of someone who was shot and almost raped. Someone who survived while someone she loves didn't. She doesn't have to be in a catatonic state (like CAROL (her counterpart) in DEATH WISH 1974), but why so alarmingly calmed? The original movie ended with PAUL moving away (to escape from the police) and start over but, when he sees some criminals, he points at them with a finger gun. What's important is that he did it subtly and that it was something that he felt in the moment. This movie ends with PAUL doing the same thing after dropping off his daughter at her college. Not only it seems like he was never willing to stop, but he yells "Hey!" at the criminal before doing the finger gun! In the middle of the street!
5/10
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