Great movie that has aged extremely well.

I was rooting for Paul. This movie will always be relevant

Unquestionably Charles Bronson's finest screen hour.

This is the original Death Wish, and even if it was not the first revenge movie, you can definitely feel how much it helped set the template for so many that came after it. For a 1970s film, it still holds up pretty well because it gives you just enough of everything: drama, intrigue, violence, and action, without drowning in any one of them. The movie also does a great job making New York look dirty, dangerous, and completely frayed at the edges, while the Arizona scenes give it a nice shift in atmosphere and make the whole thing feel bigger than just one grim city revenge story. Bronson is as cool as ever, and I actually liked that the police were smarter and more competent than I expected, which made the movie feel a little less cartoonish than a lot of later vigilante films. Revenge movies have come a long way since then, but this one is still very enjoyable and easy to see as the blueprint for a whole genre.

A fairly decent movie that was likely an eye opener back over 50 years ago. I like how this one spent a lot of time developing how Paul Kersey got where he ended up, instead of like the other 4 movies in this series. The other movies seemed to show the assault and then right to the revenge killings. Also it was weird to see Jeff Goldblum in this movie.