Standard urban vigilante story that rises above the rest thanks to
powerful performances across the board, but especially Michael Caine who really
carries the entire film with his low-key portrayal of a older man, alone in an
urban hell housing slum filled with lowlife thugs. After seeing these
worthless shitbags literally getting away with murder, he can't take it any more
and decides to get all DEATH WISH on their unwashed nutsacks.
The story is an unrealistic wet dream, but it's still a lot of fun. That
said...what's up with the horrible looking computer blood effects?! It only
happened a handful of times, but it looked so fake I ended up laughing during
scenes that should have been shocking. And speaking of shocking, the criminal
characters were assholes, but I wish the filmmakers had spent just a little bit
more time to make them look like even bigger assholes to make the audience
really hate 'em. That's just my
worthless two cents.
Definitely worth a watch. Also, make sure to watch the deleted scenes. I
thought they were pretty good and added to the story nicely.