[ichabod1]

Those Charles Bronson movies, or at least the original Death Wish, were more about the grief, anger, and frustration that finally drove a thoroughly non-violent man to pick up a weapon and go out into the streets. And then his struggle with himself over whether to continue.

This one just sounds sick.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Those Charles Bronson movies, or at least the original Death Wish, were more about the grief, anger, and frustration that finally drove a thoroughly non-violent man to pick up a weapon and go out into the streets. And then his struggle with himself over whether to continue.

What little I know about this show is based exclusively on this article...my supposition is that the character is driven to his acts because of what he's seen at crime scenes as the result of his work. Admittedly an assumption, and probably a poor one to make. Having said all that, if the themes of the show are what I suspect, they are really nothing new:

Shakespeare & The Law: Obligation, Vengeance, and the Abuse of Power

[robertpaulsen]

"And then his struggle with himself over whether to continue."

Some struggle.

Death Wish was followed by Death Wish II, Death Wish 3, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, and Death Wish V: The Face of Death