Death Wish fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Brutally violent and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
Nostalgic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, crime, and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Brutally violent and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
Death Wish is brutally violent, thrilling, and tense.
Everyday modern life, crime, and the mind
Its world is built around everyday modern life, crime, and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Vigilante, city style — judge, jury, and executioner.
Overall: Similar vibe.
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You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 64/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 66%, and Metacritic 51). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 33 min
Death Wish runs 1 h 33 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Death Wish higher (70) than critics (59). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $3 million to make and earned $77 million worldwide, 25.5 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some French, Italian, German. Produced in United States.
+8GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Death Wish in 22 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 30 storytelling tropes for Death Wish, including Villainous Valor, Roaring Rampage of Revenge, In the Back.
6.9
