Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Mar 15, 2023 4/5

It’s both fascinating and uncomfortable, as a story like this should be. Not everything clicks, especially in the final act. But it’s still a well-made thriller that’s worth more than a mere surface level reading.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Feb 5, 2023 3/4

Although it’s about as complex as any random episode of The Beverly Hillbillies, it’s nevertheless effective agitprop.

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Gregory Mims New Pittsburgh Courier Dec 13, 2021

Although we may find the views expressed in Death Wish unacceptable on any level, still, the basic story line, despite its idiotic perspective, might have made an interesting film, had it been handled properly.

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Maureen Orth Newsweek Nov 2, 2021

Director Michael Winner, an Englishman, has created a simplistic urban Western of good guys and bad guys that will conform to every paranoid's crime fantasies.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Aug 29, 2020 9/10

One of the finest revenge flicks ever made.

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Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Dec 12, 2019

Oddly enough, the film is the first in quite a while to give Bronson a chance to actually act and he is very up to the task.

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Andrea Beach Common Sense Media Feb 28, 2018 2/5

Sexual violence, cursing in strongly pro-vigilante drama.

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Mark Steyn The Spectator Feb 2, 2018

Death Wish is a remarkable social artefact, a valuable record of the day before yesterday - 1974 - when New York and many other American cities seemed in large part ungovernable.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Feb 7, 2011 C

Stylish exploitation vigilante thriller.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Jun 24, 2010

A morbid little revenge thriller...

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Sep 6, 2009

Nixonite gorge-riser

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Mar 27, 2009

There's an undeniable thrill when Bronson blows away some sleazy mugger.

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Luke Y. Thompson LYTRules.com Jul 10, 2008

We know Bronson can be a tough guy, but not so much the mild-mannered guy; he seems to be trying to split the difference the whole time

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 6, 2008 4/5

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Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Feb 25, 2006 3.5/5

A compulsively watchable bit of '70s nostalgia, a curious counterpart to Dirty Harry and an icon of New York-brand justice.

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Geoff Andrew Time Out Jan 26, 2006

Winner's recourse to caricature when dealing with police and thugs, and his virtually overt sympathies with the confused, violent Bronson, make for uncritical, simplistic viewing.

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Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Jul 29, 2005 2/5

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 30, 2005 3/5

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