Death Wish (2018)

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Synopsis

Drama/Action. Based on the novel by Brian Garfield. After his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and daughter (Camila Morrone) are attacked, a man (Bruce Willis) takes justice into his own hands.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in a torture context - some suffering, much blood and detail

Thematic elements

• Coping with loss
• Perspectives on vigilantism
• Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for frequent portrayals of violence

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