Plot Synopsis:
In this explosive story of revenge and urban violence, Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a passifist who has a change of heart after his family is attacked by a gang of thugs in their apartment, and his wife is brutally murdered. Kersey turns vigilante overnight, stalking the mean streets of New York; on the prowl for muggers, hoodlums and other criminals. Death Wish is a violent, controversial film that tackles urban crime and the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with it.