Original Release Date: 1974 Blu-Ray Release Date: February 4th, 2014 Plot: A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark. (IMDB) Why It Deserves A Blu-Ray release: Death Wish is one of the roles that forever solidified Charles Bronson as a Hollywood badass. The movie turned him into an icon in America and helped popularize the raw crime genre that saw a rise in the 1970s. It's a straight up revenge fantasy that tapped into the overall prevailing mood of the era it was created in. Even though critics had mixed feeling when it first debuted, audiences were drawn to it thanks to a pretty sympathetic plot. If your wife was murdered and your daughter assaulted, you would want some revenge, too!
Ryan Estabrooks is a film writer/director and photographer. When he is not busy solving mysteries, he can be found working on his feature length film. You can view all of his work at the imaginatively-titled RyanEstabrooks.com
