The Last Broadcast - in which four guys try to make internet history by livestreaming their expose of the Jersey Devil from the Pine Barrens as a part of their pre-Youtube series investigating urban legends. Three get killed, but fortunately their deaths are recorded in footage that reveals nothing, and the surviving guy seems culpable in their deaths, but maybe we aren't supposed to believe that. They are all jerks, the Blair Witch did not rip this off, and is a way better movie. This image is the picture quality of the whole flick. Yikes. There is this whole sub plot about the woman who is spending all her time reconstructing the digital video from the scraps, you could have left us out of this one, guys. But thanks for thinking of us.
Death Wish (1974) - in which the justice system fails a man who lost his family, and he goes off the rails in finding personal justice. I mean vengeance. Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a husband and father and architect, who has a nice NYC life. One day, near the beginning of the movie, Paul's wife is murdered and his daughter is raped into a catatonic state, from which she will not likely recover. Sexist. Anyways, Paul is destroyed, so his boss sends him out to New Mexico, or another lawless state, for a 3 month long project. Paul does some recovering while he is out there, and is befriended by his big money client, with a big hat and big guns. Upon arriving back in NYC, Paul is disheartened to find his daughter in terrible condition, and his son-in-law coping poorly. There have also been no arrests in his wife's murder, as the police are very busy with a crime spree related to gang violence. Paul is a really sympathetic guy, and his pain is visible, and very real. So,...
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