Death Wish (2018)

	Directed by: Eli Roth	COUNTRY USA GENRE Action/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Death Wish RUNNING TIME 107 minutes
	Produced by: Roger Birnbaum
	Written by (based on the 1974 film and the novel by Brian Garfield): Joe Carnathan

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Dr. Paul Kersey	Bruce Willis
Frank Kersey	Vincent D'Onofrio	½
Lucy Kersey	Elisabeth Shue	½
Detective Kevin Raines	Dean Norris
Detective Leonore Jackson	Kimberly Elise
Know	Beau Knapp	-
Sophie	Stephanie Janusauskas	-
Jordan Kersey	Camila Morrone	½
Tate "The Fish" Karp	Jack Kesy	-
Joe	Ronnie Gene Blevins	-
Ben	Len Cariou	-

Review

Eli Roth directs with efficiency and tightness in this remake of Michael Winner's 1974 vigilante classic starring Charles Bronson. Working with an aptly updated framework and an in-form Bruce Willis, Roth spins a tense, suspenseful story about a middle-aged trauma surgeon's transformation from gentle family man to one-man vigilante army after his wife is murdered and his daughter critically wounded in a gang robbery. The film ties itself in cleverly, though not insistently, with current crime debates, and despite its detractors, it strikes a measure of balance in its worldview. Only occasionally does Roth let silliness creep in (such as with that bowling ball), but for the most part, his action scenes have a brutal conciseness that makes them tangibly effective.