Charles Bronson is a bad ass mofo, and as Paul Kersey in "Death Wish" he is the reigning king of the revenge genre. After watching Bronson kill useless street scum it's hard to resist running out to buy a gun so I can start doing my part in in the gentrification of my own brutal city. Only I don't live in a brutal city, and I don't think I could grow a stash as cool as Bronson.

The flick follows a simple but extremely effective plot. Paul Kersey walks around New York killing street trash in an attempt to avenge his wife and daughter. His wife was killed by a gang that followed her home from a supermarket and his daughter was so traumatized by the event that she is in a comatose state. One very cool thing this flick does is illustrate Kersey's transition from husband and father into full fledged vigilante. After his first kill Kersey runs home and vomits, but as he gets used to it he starts to enjoy it. Another positive plot point is that the NYPD are instructed by government officials to let him go because putting him behind bars might cause public unrest.

This is the kind of flick that you throw on, sit back with a six pack of beer, and enjoy the carnage unfolding on the screen in front of you. I enjoyed this flick when I was younger but I wasn't sure wether or not it would still stand up. Well, it totally withstood the test of time and Bronson kicked so much ass is it was ridiculous. I highly recommend this flick to anyone and everyone, in fact it should be required viewing in all film schools so that the students can see a true example of what a real movie hero should be. "Death Wish" is most definitely a killer film!