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‘Death Wish’: A Timely American Classic

The audacious film asks what it means to be civilized in cities where civilization itself is crumbling.

by Bruce Bawer

April 20, 2024, 10:35 PM

Charles Bronson in ‘Death Wish’ (1974) (Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers/Youtube)

The movie Death Wish, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, opens with a brief sequence establishing that New York architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) and his wife, Joanna (Hope Lange),...

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‘Death Wish’: A Timely American Classic The audacious film asks what it means to be civilized in cities where civilization itself is crumbling.

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‘Death Wish’: A Timely American Classic

The audacious film asks what it means to be civilized in cities where civilization itself is crumbling.