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The Death Wish franchise is an American vigilante action-thriller film series based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. The films follow the character Paul Kersey, portrayed by Charles Bronson in the original series, and Bruce Willis in the 2018 remake.
- Herbie Hancock
- Dino De LaurentiisHal LandersBobby Roberts
- Michael Winner
- Wendell Mayes
Death Wish Collection. Five films about Paul Kersey, an architect with no luck whatsoever. First His wife is murdered when their apartment is broken into, 8 years later his mentally ill daughter is raped and murdered.
The Death Wish franchise is an American vigilante action-thriller film series based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. The films follow the character Paul Kersey, portrayed by Charles Bronson in the original series, and Bruce Willis in the 2018 remake.
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- Death Wish 3 (1985) Charles Bronson's Death Wish series became sort of a cartoon with Death Wish 3, where Kersey returns to New York to avenge a friend's murder.
- Death Wish (1974) Based on the anti-vigilante novel of the same name, Death Wish - whose 2018 remake received brutal reviews - became one of the most controversial thrillers of the decade.
- Death Wish V: The Face Of Death (1994) Not only was Death Wish V: The Face Of Death Charles Bronson's final outing as Kersey, it was his last theatrical release too.
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) Death Wish 4 is the first entry not directed by Winner and is probably the most generic of the bunch. Following the death of his girlfriend's daughter from an overdose, Kersey sets up A Fistful Of Dollars trilogy-style revenge plot where he turns two feuding gangs against each other.
- BJ Colangelo
- Death Wish (1974) The original "Death Wish" became one of the most controversial films of its time, with an ultra-violent streak that shocked the nation.
- Death Wish 3. Remember how I said Brian Garfield hated the fact the "Death Wish" films became a sequel-churning machine that completely lost sight of the novel's intent?
- Death Sentence. Okay, so you might be wondering why this random James Wan movie from 2007 ended up on this list, but hear me out. "Death Sentence" is loosely based on Brian Garfield's novel of the same name, which is a sequel to his "Death Wish" novel, so technically that puts this film under the franchise's umbrella.
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown. Another Los Angeles revenge thriller, "Death Wish 4: The Crackdown" was the franchise's response to the crack epidemic of the 1980s and the war-on-drugs/tough-on-crime era of Reagan's presidency.
Death Wish II. 1982 1h 29m R. 6.0 (19K) Rate. 11 Metascore. Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.
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Feb 17, 2017 · The success of Death Wish created a sub-genre of exploitative action films starring Bronson, mostly directed by either Michael Winner or J. Lee Thompson and usually produced by the B-Movie kings The Cannon Group.
