February 6, 2014

Death Wish at 40

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This movie packed a powerful reminder:

no matter how much incessant propaganda tries to make people believe a lie, one perfectly-packaged dose of truth is enough to make it all go away. -- VDARE.com

Paul Kersey: Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don't defend us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves.

Jack Toby: We're not pioneers anymore, Dad.

Paul Kersey: What are we, Jack?

Jack Toby: What do you mean?

Paul Kersey: I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide?

Jack Toby: Civilized?

Paul Kersey: No.


PS: Film debut of Jeff Goldblum and Denzel Washington (Washington is uncredited).

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 6, 2014 12:19 AM
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Jack Toby: A pantywaist LIEberal that will stay that way until the day he dies. Unless he gets mugged and survives. Then, and only then, will he see the light.

Old adage updated:
"You can lead a person to ideas but you can't make him think."

Posted by: ghostsniper at February 6, 2014 4:29 AM

BTW, it was Lawrence Fishburn. Denzel was still wearing 3 cornered drawers in 74.

Posted by: ghostsniper at February 6, 2014 4:32 AM

"...What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide?"
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Totalitarian regimes regard such as being good, little subjects.

Posted by: Richard at February 6, 2014 7:10 AM

The thing is, for being such a cult movie, its so well filmed like Dirty Harry was.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 6, 2014 8:11 AM

Denzel was born in 1954, which means he was still wearing diapers in 1974.

Posted by: Jewel at February 6, 2014 8:38 AM

Fighting back may not change the future, although it has before. But, it will make you feel more like a free-born man. It's a plan so crazy it just might work.

Posted by: Scott M at February 6, 2014 12:22 PM

Mr. Kersey sure administered plenty of justice from his .32 caliber popgun. Pity it was just a movie.

Posted by: waltj at February 6, 2014 1:10 PM