I recently attended a press junket for Sylvester Stallone's amazingly violent new Rambo (in theaters January 25th). There, he was asked about his plans to remake the 1974 Charles Bronson classic Death Wish. Peter told you a bit about the new Death Wish in November, when Variety announced that Stallone would direct and star. The film will be scripted by Michael Ferris and John D. Brancato (The Net, The Game, T3: Rise of the Machines). Stallone says he thinks Death Wish, done today "would be volcanic." And despite the lack of success for recent revenge thrillers like Death Sentence and The Brave One, I think he might be right. Below is what Stallone had to say about his take on the material:The idea in the original of Jeff Goldblum as a mugger who breaks into an apartment seems very simplistic. It gives you an idea of how bad the elevation of violence has become. I want to focus on defense attorneys, on the people who are really allowing this crap to happen. Not so much the guy out in the street, but who permits it? What if it happened to you? What if your daughter down the hall was grabbed and her eyes were put out, would you want to defend that guy? There's moral questions here that are being presented that have not been asked in 30 years. So it's not the pacifist. This fella I see, and I'm giving you a little hint here, he was a very violent human being. An ex-convict who walked the walk, was accepted back into society, did everything he could to be clean. When the incident happens, he reverts back, and it's like "My God." Now you've unleashed a man who really understands the world of violence. He isn't burdened with this passive-aggressive conscientious objector thing that's been done. It's really what happens when the wolf in sheep's clothing goes back to the wolf.
What do you think? Does Stallone's Death Wish sound like something you Wish you could see?
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1-15-2008 @ 9:57PM
mike said...
I think its something that I would want to see..his ideas sound interesting..not your typical "vigilante flick" and with stallone in the directors chair?? it could be another hit!
did stallone mention when it might go into production?? with the writers strike, i wonder if its delaying it?
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1-16-2008 @ 3:30PM
kevjohn said...
If this were in theaters right now, I'd probably be second or third in line. I would have been first, but I've lost a step in my declining years.
It'll be great if he gets it into theaters as described. It'll be interesting to see how the final product compares to his vision once the studio rakes their cheese grater-like editing demands over it. (that made sense in my head when I started typing)
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1-18-2008 @ 1:05AM
lone survivor said...
Hell yes I would go see it. I think Stallone can give the Death Wish francise what it has always lacked. Someone who appears capable of whooping the scum.
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1-22-2008 @ 5:10PM
jason said...
Death Wish is one of my all-time Top 3 favorite movies. I can't even find the words to describe how pissed-off I am that anyone would try to remake it. F-U!!! Is that clear enough? Make your own d@mn movie; don't remake Death Wish! This is almost as gay as Brad Pitt as Bullitt. GARBAGE!!! Just for this I'm having second-thoughts about seeing Rambo.
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3-02-2008 @ 11:09PM
DRAKE said...
WHO GIVES A CRAP WHAT YOU THINK LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1-29-2008 @ 8:48PM
Gerald Nelson said...
"This fella I see, and I'm giving you a little hint here, he was a very violent human being."
Is this Stallone hinting at Rambo being the star of this movie????
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