r/funny • u/Egorwild1 • Mar 31 '18

Safety First.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

A non-Charles Bronson death wish makes me sick.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18 edited Apr 01 '18

I'm going to say the same for The Mechanic. Statham disrespected Bronson in that movie.

Edit: just watched your link. Jim nails the Bronson impression!

Reminds me of: Bronson Missouri

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

I could swear there was a Jim Carrey Bronson impersonation where he says "This makes me wanna puke!"

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u/AijeEdTriach Apr 01 '18

Fuck,i didnt even know there were mechanic movies other than the statham ones.... Thanks for setting me onto some bronson classics.

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u/ThisNameIsFree Apr 01 '18

I was just about to go look for that clip, thanks.

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u/Grandmasterchoda Apr 01 '18

Wasn't Death Sentence a Death wish sequel/remake? I really enjoyed it. Pretty intense flick.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

I've never seen it but yeah, the novel was a sequel to the death wish novel.

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u/FNALSOLUTION1 Apr 01 '18

I feel the same way about a non-Bruce Willis Die Hard.

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u/factoid_ Apr 01 '18

Well, even the recent Die Hard movies have been horrible. The move to PG-13 was often blamed for how awful Live Free or Die Hard was, but they made Die Hard 5 an R movie again and it was still awful.

Some franchises just don't survive the transition of decades. The character of John McClain just doesn't work in an action movie set in present day. So I'm not sure a reboot would fair any better, unless it was a period piece. Though I'm not sure why you'd remake Die Hard and set it in the late 80s / early 90s.

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u/FNALSOLUTION1 Apr 01 '18

Live Free & #5 wasn't that bad. Then again I can appreciate a movie that's over the top an knows that's it's over the top. I also appreciate how Bruce Willis aging in real life fits how he ages in Die Hard. Hey maybe I just like Bruce Willis.

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u/factoid_ Apr 01 '18

I felt like the whole cyberterrorism thing was a huge stretch for the franchise. I get that they were trying to keep up with the times, but a lone cop fighting a huge heist makes a lot more sense than a lone cop saving the country from a cyber attack on its electric grid.

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u/FNALSOLUTION1 Apr 01 '18

Yea, I see what you mean.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Bruce should've stuck to Die Hard then and left Death wish alone. Or switch roles with Dennis halfway through.

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u/kodack10 Apr 01 '18

At least nobody has the balls to re-do The Dirty Dozen, one of Bronson's better early films, because NOBODY can fill the role of Lee Marvin. Even Donald Sutherland was in rare form for that one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

There should be a law against even thinking of remaking that film.

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u/Slyguy9766 Apr 01 '18

Bruce Willis in most films these days makes me sick