Death Wish: reviews

What the critics say average 3.5 from 6

• 5.0 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich Although he races through the occasional blasts of gritty action, Roth slows things down whenever Paul corners one of the people who killed his wife, the director sinking his teeth into long torture sequences or terse dialogue scenes that are punctuated with shocking flashes of gore. Read
• 5.0 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty Eli Roth?s 'Death Wish' isn?t a bad movie as far as super-violent exploitation flicks go. But it is a deeply problematic one. And that problem boils down to this: It?s the absolute wrong movie at the absolute wrong time. Read
• 3.0 The WrapRobert Abele As soon as Willis deploys his trademark smirk, and the comfortable vengeance of tracking down his wife?s killers while avoiding detection takes over, it just becomes a million other B-movies about lowlifes getting what they deserve. Read
• 3.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore Eli Roth and screenwriter Joe Carnahan could have done the same thing, manifesting the rages and fears that afflict the country we live in right now. Instead they offer a cheap and dishonest 'Death Wish' that (references to social media notwithstanding) is interchangeable with get-tough knockoffs that have flooded cinemas for decades. Read
• 3.0 Los Angeles TimesJustin Chang "In any event, to criticize 'Death Wish' for its indelicate timing would be to suggest that there might ever be an appropriate moment to see it". Read
• 2.0 The Guardian This could be satire, but Roth and screenwriter Joe Carnahan refuse to take a stance. Ironically, a film about a guy with guts doesn?t have any itself. Read