2018 · action · crime · thriller
Death Wish
Directed by Eli Roth1h 47m2018
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Our read: Death Wish (2018) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- twisty
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“You want straightforward revenge fantasy after a brutal opening act.”
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