Bruce Willis shoots a lot of people in Eli Roth's 'Death Wish'
The trailer for the remake of Paramount's original bruiser feels a bit bipolar in tone...
"He looked like a white dude" [Laugh track]
MGM's remake of Charles Bronson's 1974 vigilante classic sees Bruce Willis as our family man-turned vigilante, Dr. Paul Kersey, out for vengeance after his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and daughter (Camila Morrone) are brutally attacked. To be exact, MGM's description is a mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
By killing machine, we're talking shots fired point blank, from a couch, at a night club, a street alley, along with a beat down by guitar and a gigantic rusty chain. And despite dishing up heaping amounts of vigilante street violence throughout the trailer, the tone shifts from dark and moody to something of a bad-ass action-comedy accompanied by AC/DC's "Back in Black".
"You're cocked, locked, and ready to rock" [Laugh track]
For those who have been keeping score, plans for the Death Wish remake have come a long way since the baton passed from Sylvestor Stallone to Joe Carnahan before finally being handed off to Eli Roth; who like it or not, is more than capable of depicting the kind of bruising, nihilistic violence a film like Death Wish deserves. Whether or not it needs the reboot treatment is an entirely different argument.
Death Wish co-stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Norris, Kimberly Elise, Mike Epps, and Elisabeth Shue and hits theaters November 22, 2017.
Are you buying what MGM and Annapurna Pictures are selling? Check out the trailer and decide for yourself!
