Bruce Willis is starring in a remake of the 1974 film, “Death Wish.” It’s coming out this November and looks awesome. Willis plays a Chicago surgeon who goes rogue after criminals assault his wife and daughter. It looks fantastic.
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Now, if you didn’t think, “Wow! This movie looks incredibly racist and insensitive,” congrats! You’re a normal human being.
Cue the left. I mean, a white man? Hunting down criminals who assaulted his family? Some of those criminals are MINORITIES! What did they do to deserve this? RAAAAAAACIST! Alt-right! Everyone FREAK OUT!!!
Eli Roth's Death Wish remake is so nakedly fascist that alt-righters will have an erection before the trailer ends https://t.co/sDY5fQXR9W
— Alan Zilberman (@alanzilberman) August 3, 2017
Maybe it's the marketing, but seems a strange time to give a high-five to an older angry white dude going vigilante with lots of guns.
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) August 3, 2017
Fair or not, I can't think of a more tone-deaf idea in this political/social environment than white filmmakers remaking #DEATHWISH…
— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) August 3, 2017
Maybe #DeathWish isn’t a good idea in a post-Trayvon Martin world. White dudes on vigilante rampages for their fridged wife is very 1980…
— Donna Dickens (@MildlyAmused) August 3, 2017
Angry, old white man becomes an armed vigilante against Chicago civilians. That's a dangerous message. Is Death Wish alt-right fan fiction? pic.twitter.com/7VIrMbLWXv
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 3, 2017
I think it’s hilarious that the left is so triggered by this movie. I’m sure it’ll only encourage more conservatives to see it.
I’m going to see it no matter what, because Bruce Willis. But this makes me extra excited about it.