Death Wish (film series)

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Death Wish
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CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetTotal (6 films):
$61 million
Box officeTotal (6 films):
$87.2 million

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. While the first film received mixed reviews, the subsequent sequels, as well as the remake, were panned by critics. The series made $87 million against a combined production budget of $61 million.

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Background

Paul Kersey

Kersey was born in East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921. Kersey's father was an English-American who originated from Northern England and his mother comes from Provo, Utah. Kersey's Norman English ancestor, Pierre Whítmoré Keèrsye, anglicized his surname to Kersey. Paul was raised around guns and became a good shot as a child. After Paul's father was killed in a hunting accident, his mother prevented him from being around guns anymore. [1]

Kersey served in World War II in the Pacific theater as a combat medic from 1944 to 1945. In 1950 Paul graduated from Princeton University wth a degree in Civil Engineering. In 1953, he was a conscientious objector in the medical corps in the Korean War. In the late 1950s, he traveled to New York City to settle down. [2]

Novels

Death Wish (1972)

Death Sentence (1975)

Films

FilmU.S. release dateDirector(s)Screenwriter(s)Story byProducer(s)
Original series
Death Wish July 24, 1974 Michael Winner Wendell Mayes — Dino De Laurentiis, Hal Landers & Bobby Roberts
Death Wish II February 19, 1982Michael WinnerDavid Engelbach— Menahem Golan & Yoram Globus
Death Wish 3 November 1, 1985Michael WinnerDon Jakoby—Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus & Michael Winner
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown November 6, 1987 J. Lee Thompson Gail Morgan Hickman —Pancho Kohner
Death Wish V: The Face of Death January 14, 1994 Allan A. Goldstein Allan A. Goldstein— Damian Lee
Remake
Death Wish March 2, 2018 Eli Roth Joe Carnahan — Roger Birnbaum

Death Wish (1974)

Paul Kersey is an architect [3] who served in the Korean War in the medical corps, and he lives in New York City. One day, three street punks posing as grocery delivery boys break into his apartment while he is at work. They beat up Paul's wife, Joanna and rape his married daughter, Carol Toby, spray-painting both of them and the wall of their apartment "just for fun." Joanna later dies of her injuries, and Carol is left catatonic. Paul's life is ripped apart by this attack.

Paul's boss decides that Paul needs to get out of New York for a while, so he sends him to Tucson, Arizona to meet with a client. There, Paul witnesses a mock gunfight at Old Tucson Studios, a reconstructed Western frontier town that is often used as a movie set. Paul's client gets him interested in guns. It turns out that Paul grew up around guns and is a good shot himself. When Paul returns to New York, he discovers that his client has given him a .32 Colt Police Positive revolver as a gift. When the police are unable to find the rapists, Paul sets out to find them himself. Paul begins patrolling the streets, killing street criminals as he encounters them.

Death Wish II (1982)

Kersey and his daughter Carol, who is still catatonic, now live in Los Angeles because Paul accepted a deal from the New York City Police Department to leave town so they would not tell anyone that he was the vigilante. Paul now has a new woman in his life, KABC news reporter, Geri Nichols. One day while he is out with Carol and Geri, he is mugged by a gang of five punks. Paul fights back, but they get away.

The muggers go to his house, gag, rape, and murder Kersey's housekeeper. They then wait for Paul to return home and knock him unconscious and kidnap and rape Carol. The assault brings her out of her coma and she tries to get away by jumping through the second story window, but she dies when she is impaled on an iron fence stake.

Beside himself with grief and rage, Paul dedicates his life to avenging Carol. He rents a ratty hotel room under another name, and starts looking for the rapists. When the Los Angeles Police Department deduces that they have a vigilante on their hands, they decide to consult with the New York City Police Department, who fear that Kersey is killing criminals again.

Death Wish 3 (1985)

After killing criminals in Los Angeles, Paul Kersey returns to New York City to visit his friend, Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. When Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker. The police enter the apartment and find Paul standing over Charley's body.

Paul is arrested for the murder, but police chief Richard S. Shriker offers a deal: Paul can kill all the criminals he wants, if he keeps the cops informed about the death count. Though Kersey says that he stopped his mugger slayings, Shriker releases Paul to go after Fraker. Paul moves into Charley's apartment in a decaying building in the middle of a bombed out gang war zone.

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Kersey had largely retired from slaying muggers shortly after Death Wish 3 . In Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, Detective Phil Nozaki mentions mugger shootings downtown two years previous to the events of Death Wish 4, to which Detective Sid Reiner responds by saying that "the vigilante retired years ago". Kersey kept regular residence in Los Angeles, regardless of his breaking off his mugger slayings. Paul Kersey is back in Los Angeles, and is dating reporter, Karen Sheldon, who has a teenage daughter named Erica. While Erica is at an arcade with her boyfriend, Randy, she dies of a crack cocaine overdose, setting the scene for a departure from the series' focus on sexual assault by instead putting drug abuse as a center stage. Later, Randy goes back to the arcade with Kersey following him.

Randy confronts Jo-Jo Ross, the dealer that Erica got the crack from. Randy tells Jo-Jo that he is going to the police, but Jo-Jo kills him to keep him quiet. Kersey shows up and shoots Jo-Jo with a .380 Walther PPK pistol, and watches him land on the electrical roof of the bumper-car ride, where he is electrocuted. Next, Paul gets a note and a phone call from a publisher named Nathan White, who tells him that he knows about the death of Jo-Jo. Nathan explains to Kersey that his daughter had died of an overdose, so he wants to hire Kersey to wipe out the drug trade in L.A. – and in particular to target Ed Zacharias and The Romero Brothers Jack and Tony, rival drug kingpins who are the city's two main drug suppliers.

Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)

Kersey's secret identity as the vigilante was effectively blown in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown , as Detective Sid Reiner of the Los Angeles Police Department, less sympathetic than Chief Richard Shriker or Detective Frank Ochoa, discovered it. Reiner stated he would arrest Kersey. Kersey retired and entered the Witness Protection Program and assumed the alias, Paul Stewart in New York City after meeting with the District Attorney of New York.

Seven years passed before Kersey's peace was again interrupted. New York City's garment district has turned into Dodge City when a mobster named Tommy O'Shea muscles in on the fashion trade of his ex-wife, Olivia Regent. Olivia is engaged to Paul Kersey, who provides a sense of security for her and her daughter, Chelsea. Olivia is not impressed when Tommy tortures her manager, Big Al, so Tommy hires an enforcer named Freddie Flakes, a master of disguise.

Freddie dons women's clothing to follow Olivia into a ladies' room, where he smashes her face into a mirror, causing permanent disfigurement. In the offices of District Attorney Brian Hoyle and his associate, Hector Vasquez, Paul and Olivia vow that Tommy should be prosecuted. Later, Freddie and two of his men disguise themselves as cops, infiltrate Olivia's apartment, and shoot her dead. This causes Kersey to go from his retirement to his vigilante ways again, as tries to get rid of Tommy's ruthless Irish mob organization by killing all of his gang members that were responsible for his fiancée's death.

Death Wish (2018)

Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis), a Chicago-area Emergency Room surgeon, lives with his wife, Lucy (Elisabeth Shue), and daughter, Jordan (Camila Morrone). When the family visits a restaurant with Paul's brother Frank (Vincent D'Onofrio), a valet named Miguel photographs their home address from their car's navigation software, after hearing about a night they plan to be away from home. However, Paul is called to work that night, and Jordan and Lucy are home when the three armed burglars break into their home. Moments later, one of the burglars is scarred from Lucy and Jordan's efforts to fight back in defense of their lives and home. The invading criminals shoot Lucy to death, and Jordan is seriously wounded and comatose from their attempted murder of her.

Paul becomes frustrated with the lack of police progress on the case, led by Detectives Kevin Raines (Dean Norris) and Leonore Jackson (Kimberly Elise). After seeing two men harassing a woman, Paul tries to intervene but is kicked and punched to the ground by the two assailants. He visits a gun store, but there is a long mandatory waiting period to legally purchase a firearm. When a gang member is brought to the hospital and his Glock 17 falls off the gurney, Paul takes it and practices shooting.

He uses the gun to stop a carjacking, a video of which goes viral. During the effort, he cuts his left hand due to improperly handling the pistol. Continuing his efforts as a vigilante, Paul decides to kill a drug dealer, calling himself "the Ice Cream Man", after a young boy comes to the hospital with a gunshot wound in his leg. Paul calmly walks up to the pistol-holding drug dealer, referring to himself as "his last customer," and shoots him. News, TV, and radio reports consistently demonstrate mixed feelings of support and condemnation of Paul's developing war against violent criminals.

Cast and crew

Cast

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CharacterOriginal seriesRemake
Death Wish Death Wish II Death Wish 3 Death Wish
The Crackdown 		Death Wish
The Face of Death 		Death Wish
197419821985198719942018
Paul Kersey
The Vigilante		 Charles Bronson Bruce Willis
Lt. Frank Ochoa Vincent Gardenia Mentioned Vincent D'Onofrio
Carol Kersey-Toby / Jordan KerseyKathleen Tolan Robin Sherwood Camila Morrone
Joanna / Lucy Kersey Hope Lange Mentioned Elisabeth Shue
Jackson Reilly / Lenore Jackson Christopher Guest   Kimberly Elise
Freak #1 / Knox Jeff Goldblum   Beau Knapp
Samuel "Sam" Kreutzer William Redfield  
Jack Toby Steven Keats  
Ames Jainchill Stuart Margolin  
Police Commissioner Stephen Elliott  
Hank Jack Wallace  
Joe Charles Robert Kya-Hill  
PO Gemetti (Task Force Meeting) Olympia Dukakis  
Cop at Hospital Paul Dooley  
Subway Mugger Eric Laneuville  
Park Mugger Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs  
Grocery Clerk Sonia Manzano  
E.R. Doctor Tom Hayden  
Moving ManCiro "Jerry" Palazzo 
Kersey's Secretary Marcia Jean Kurtz  
Security Guard in Lobby Al Lewis  
Mugger Robert Miano  
Slasher Mugger John Herzfeld  
Central Park Mugger Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs  
Supermarket Checkout Clerk Sonia Manzano  
Alma Lee Brown Helen Martin  
Receptionist Marcia Jean Kurtz  
Geri Nichols  Jill Ireland  
New York District Attorney  J.D. Cannon  
LA Police Commissioner  Anthony Franciosa  
Donald Kay  Charles Cyphers  
Inspector Lt. Mankiewicz  Ben Frank  
Senator Robert McLean  Paul Comi  
Elliot Cass Michael Prince 
Charles Wilson
Nirvana		  Thomas F. Duffy  
Cutter  Laurence Fishburne III  
Stomper  Kevyn Major Howard  
Jiver Stuart K. Robinson 
Punkcut E. Lamont Johnson 
Rosario  Silvana Gallardo  
Fred McKenzie  Robert F. Lyons  
Judge Lake  Frank Campanella  
Mike Don Dubbins 
Charles Pearce  Buck Young  
Kathryn Davis  Deborah Raffin  
Police Chief Richard Shriker  Ed Lauter  
Bennett Cross  Martin Balsam  
Manny Fraker  Gavan O'Herlihy  
Hermosa  Alex Winter  
Maria Rodriguez  Marina Sirtis  
The Cuban  Ricco Ross  
Manny Fraker's Girlfriend  Barbie Wilde  
Captain Sterns Manning Redwood 
Karen Sheldon  Kay Lenz  
Nathan White  John P. Ryan  
Ed Zacharias  Perry Lopez  
Reiner  George Dickerson  
Nozaki  Soon-Tek Oh  
Erica Sheldon  Dana Barron  
Art Sanella  Danny Trejo  
Jesse  Tim Russ  
Punk  Mark Pellegrino  
Olivia Regent  Lesley-Anne Down  
Tommy O'Shea  Michael Parks  
Freddie "Flakes" Garrity  Robert Joy  
Subway Mugger / D.A. Brian Hoyle Saul Rubinek Saul Rubinek
Lt. Mickey King  Kenneth Welsh  
Janice Omori Lisa Inouye 
Lt. Hector Vasquez  Miguel Sandoval  
Chelsea Erica Lancaster 
Sal Paconi  Chuck Shamata  
Chicki Paconi Kevin Lund 
Runway Model Melissa Illes 
Albert Jefferson Mappin 
Maxine  Claire Rankin  
Detective Kevin Raines  Dean Norris
Sophie Stephanie Janusauskas
The Fish  Jack Kesy
Joe  Ronnie Gene Blevins
Ben  Len Cariou
Bethany  Kirby Bliss Blanton
Dr. Jill Klavens  Wendy Crewson

Crew

Crew/detailFilm
Death Wish Death Wish II Death Wish 3 Death Wish 4:
The Crackdown 		Death Wish V:
The Face of Death 		Death Wish
197419821985198719942018
Director Michael Winner J. Lee Thompson Allan A. Goldstein Eli Roth
Producer(s) Dino De Laurentiis
Hal Landers
Bobby Roberts 		Menahem Golan
Yoram Globus 		Menahem Golan
Yoram Globus
Michael Winner		Poncho Kohner Damian Lee Roger Birnbaum
Writer(s) Wendell Mayes David EngelbachDon Jakoby (as Michael Edmonds) Gail Morgan Hickman Michael Colleary
Allan A. Goldstein		 Joe Carnahan
Composer Herbie Hancock Jimmy Page Jimmy Page
Mike Moran 		John Bisharat
Paul MacCallum
Valentine MacCallum
Robert O. Ragland 		Terry Plumeri Ludwig Göransson
Editor(s) Bernard Gribble Michael Winner
Julian Semilian		 Arnold Crust Peter Lee-ThompsonPatrick Rand Mark Goldblatt
Cinematographer Arthur J. Ornitz Thomas Del Ruth
Richard H. Kline 		John StanierGideon PorathCurtis PetersenRogier Stoffers
Production Company Dino De Laurentiis Corporation The Cannon Group, Inc.
Golan-Globus Productions		The Cannon Group, Inc.21st Century Film Corporation
Death Wish 5 Productions		Cave 76
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributor Paramount Pictures
Columbia Pictures 		Filmways Pictures
Columbia Pictures		Cannon Film Distributors Trimark Pictures Annapurna Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Running time94 minutes88 minutes92 minutes99 minutes95 minutes108 minutes
Release dateJuly 24, 1974February 19, 1982November 1, 1985November 6, 1987January 14, 1994March 2, 2018

Reception

Box office performance

FilmU.S. release dateBudgetBox office revenue
United StatesInternationalWorldwide
Death Wish July 24, 1974$3.7 million$20.3–$22 million$20.3–$22 million
Death Wish 2 February 19, 1982$8 million$29 million$29 million
Death Wish 3 November 1, 1985$9–10 million$16.1 million$16.1 million
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown November 6, 1987$5 million$6.9 million$6.9 million
Death Wish V: The Face of Death January 14, 1994$5 million$1.7 million$1.7 million
Death Wish March 2, 2018$30 million$34 million$15.6 million$49.6 million
Total

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Death Wish 65% (26 reviews) [4] 51 (7 reviews) [5]
Death Wish II 33% (18 reviews) [6] 11 (7 reviews) [7]
Death Wish 3 6% (17 reviews) [8] 18 (9 reviews) [9]
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown 14% (7 reviews) [10] 46 (6 reviews) [11]
Death Wish V: The Face of Death 0% (5 reviews) [12] 25 (6 reviews) [13]
Death Wish 17% (136 reviews) [14] 31 (32 reviews) [15]

Analysis

In 2006, film historian Paul Talbot released Bronson's Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films, which covers the making of the five films and features interviews with author Brian Garfield, director Michael Winner, producers Bobby Roberts and Pancho Kohner, and more. [16]

In 2010, novelist Christopher Sorrentino published a book-length monograph, called Death Wish, on the original film. In the course of a deep analysis of the film's content, Sorrentino declares Death Wish to be mythic and apolitical, and using The New York Times 's Vincent Canby as a prime example, holds it up as an instance when reviewers used a film's perceived political incorrectness as a pretext to savage it. [17]

Music

Soundtracks

TitleU.S. release dateLengthComposer(s)Label
Death Wish: Original Soundtrack Recording October 11, 197440:28 Herbie Hancock Columbia
Death Wish II: The Original Soundtrack - Music by Jimmy Page February 15, 198237:11 Jimmy Page Swan Song
Death Wish 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Death Wish: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Other media

Video game

The third film in the original series, was made into a video game of the same name by Gremlin Graphics for the ZX Spectrum, [18] Commodore 64, MSX and Amstrad CPC. In the game, the player controls Paul Kersey in the streets and buildings in a free-roaming, all-out gunfight with gangsters. It was one of the goriest games of its time, featuring multiple weapons with detailed, different damage patterns and the possibility to kill civilians.

Film based on novel's sequel

The 2007 film, Death Sentence was based loosely on the Death Wish novel's 1975 sequel of the same name. The film stars Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a man who takes the law into his own hands when his son is murdered by a gang as an initiation ritual.

In 2020, the pseudonymous author "Paul Kersey", who had published numerous anti-black articles on white nationalist blogs and websites, was identified as Michael J. Thompson, a longtime employee at several mainstream conservative organizations. Thompson chose his pen name in reference to the films' protagonist. [19] [20]

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