Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures just unveiled a new poster and trailer for the action thriller, Death Wish. The 2018 version of the classic 1974 film has Bruce Willis taking over the lead role originally played by Charles Bronson.
In addition to Bruce Willis (A Good Day to Die Hard), 2018’s Death Wish stars Vincent D’Onofrio (The Magnificent Seven, Daredevil, Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), Camila Morrone, Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), and Kimberly Elise (The Great Debaters). Joe Carnahan’s script is based on 1974’s film written by Wendell Mayes which was inspired by the novel by Brian Garfield. Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) directed and Roger Birnbaum produced.
Death Wish is set to open in theaters everywhere on March 2, 2018.
The Plot: Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel or a grim reaper. Fury and fate collide in the intense action-thriller Death Wish.
Paul Kersey becomes a divided person: a man who saves lives, and a man who takes them; a husband and father trying to take care of his family, and a shadowy figure fighting crime; a surgeon extracting bullets from suspects’ bodies, and a man seeking justice that detectives are quickly closing in on.
By bringing the complex psychology of Brian Garfield’s book up-to-the-moment and injecting new thrills and a stark, unflinching look at the American psyche in 2017, Eli Roth and Death Wish bring audiences to the height of unforgettable suspense.
