Death Wish - The Remake!

For the love of God, I don't know why I always forget that Eli Roth has a "Death Wish" remake due out this year, starring Bruce Willis as Paul Kersey! Now, we all know Bruce Willis is a bit of an asshole in real life, but we choose to overlook this because he's always bad-ass in the movies. I figure a Bruce/Roth combo can be great, so long as Bruce doesn't step on Eli Roth's toes. Kevin Smith worked with Bruce on "Cop Out" and said Bruce was a real diva, and he hated working with him.

For some reason, that sticks in my mind, but then again, I can never overlook how great John McClane is, or how cool 12 Monkeys and Unbreakable are. So Bruce bashing aside, I'm into the idea of this remake.


Eli Roth is bad-ass. Love him or hate him, but I've always enjoyed his movies immensely. The dude is fun. I watched Cabin Fever a dozen times, and both his Hostel movies combined a dozen times. Green Inferno is good, Thanksgiving's trailer was amazing, "Knock Knock" is SOOO good and SOOO obnoxious at the same time... suffice to say, I love Eli Roth's work, and his enthusiasm for the genre (and his role in Inglourious Basterds).

The original "Death Wish" is great. I say that, but I prefer the sequels, for their more gratuitous bad-assery (that's a word now). Charles Bronson is one of the coolest bad-asses from the 50s to 90s, and Paul Kersey was a great franchise character that Bronson was always ready to come back to. There was talk of doing a Death Wish 6 where he passes on his revenge lore to the next gen vigilante. Could have been good!

Fun Fact: I met Michael Parks, who played a great villain in Death Wish V: The Faces of Death. Even when Bronson was old, he was still the coolest. Bruce might be able to pull it off!

OTHER Fun Fact: Sylvester Stallone was interested in the role for the longest time, but declined due to fans' protests. Stallone may charge a shit-ton at comic-cons, but I still gotta respect him!