Judge Dreads movie review: Death Wish
The Quick & Dirty:
Rating 4 / 5
One-liner: Good Traditional Movie
The good:
- Acting
- Production
- Story
The bad:
- Costume
Death Wish is about a doctor whose home was invaded and his wife and daughter became victims of the burglars that invaded his home. After seeing his family in the hospital he turns to the police but after seeing slow justice, he takes crime-fighting into his own hands and becomes a legend.
The Good:
- Acting (5/5): The acting work and direction and the story to come together to produce the caliber of quality that Bruce Willis has become known for. Not to discount the contributions of the supporting actors of this movie as they all played their roles very well.
- Production value (5/5): The production quality of this movie is classically great and the video quality and color grading were appropriately updated for an action thriller of 2018. I like that they used a current day rap beat right around the time Dr. Kersey (had to get the spelling right) was becoming emboldened to continue fighting crime.
- Story (4/5): The story was well written and makes a meaningful point about protection and the police.
The Bad:
- costume design (3/5): I would think that the burglars would have made enough money from reselling their stolen goods that they would've come up with better disguises for the burglary scene. That's probably the worst part of the movie. (I had to really think hard to find something bad about this movie)
All in all this movie is a must watch in my book. In this film, all elements come together to put on a great show for the audience and the timing of its release was spot on with political climate surrounding guns and the ability for people to protect themselves. With that being said this film will appeal to anyone who was a victim of a crime only to call the police and feel like they're doing nothing to bring justice to your situation. I also like how they had a cameo of Sway Radio Program in a way that put them on par with all of the general TV News Programs.
