We don’t know anything about the movie “Death Wish” with Bruce Willis because we haven’t seen it, but one reviewer is forcing in a political connection to current events:
#DeathWish Review: A Catatonic Bruce Willis Stars in Eli Roth’s Dangerously Entertaining Commercial for the NRAhttps://t.co/m6wrUfolf0 pic.twitter.com/XNH9qEGVU4
— IndieWire (@IndieWire) March 2, 2018
The reviewer gets in swipes at the NRA, conservatives and Trump — a Resistance three-fer:
But this isn’t the story of a guy who’s fighting to find true north on his moral compass; it’s the story of a guy whose bleeding heart, “I would have voted for Obama a third time” liberalism goes up in smoke as soon as shit gets personal. More than just a feature-length commercial for the NRA, “Death Wish” is such a masturbatory fantasy for modern conservatives because it suggests that every do-gooder Democrat is really just a Republican waiting to happen.
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Kidding aside, that might not be the worst idea in the film’s conception of Chicago. Exaggerating its gang-related gun violence until the Windy City starts to resemble the war zone that Donald Trump so desperately wants it to be, Roth uses real-life radio personalities Sway and Mancow to suggest a place on the brink of collapse (showing may be better than telling, but telling is so much cheaper).
And the response from many: SOLD!
https://twitter.com/McCann_Kevin1/status/969585589694722050
Added to the must-see list.
— baldilocks — Boomer and Retired Cold Warrior (@JulietteAkinyi) March 2, 2018
Recommended
Sounds awesome! https://t.co/AARIXYML4O
— DW Berkley (@DWBerkley) March 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/969583282106044416
https://twitter.com/Melvin_Udall_/status/969610560051523585
Well, maybe that review backfired a little, and in more ways that one:
Please state where vigilantism is promoted in the NRA Charter#GunFreeOscars
— Ed Alisauskas (@ed_a1) March 2, 2018
Lol. Just gotta pander. Didn't have a problem when you were touting Die Hard for Christmas Movie clicks. https://t.co/9sCn56vC4T
— DarkFilly ᵀᵁᴿᴮᴼDₑₗᵤₓₑ ? (@DarkFilly) March 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/969583917195055104
Wow an idealogical based review. Hack city.
— Rob Motto (@Rob_Motto) March 2, 2018
So Black Panther is "woke" but Death Wish is dangerous according to the almighty soy boy. ? https://t.co/GuG5U0HLtX
— Florida Fool (@florida_fool) March 2, 2018
Guess Die Hard has no guns in it? pic.twitter.com/GI2EJICXkN
— Larry’s Twin: Pumpkin Hair Pie (@LarrysTwin99) March 2, 2018
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