This updated version of Death Wish is violent, vicious and often very effective, due in large part to Kevin Bacon's enormously empathetic portrayal of a man driven to horrific extremes by the wrongs done him.

Story

All-American family man Nick Hume (Bacon) is transformed into a man of violence and retribution when gang members murder his oldest son (Stuart Lafferty). Rather than allow the law to take its course, Nick takes matters into his own hands and exacts revenge upon the punk (an…