The Death Wish Trilogy

In those days of the mid 70s to the mid- 80s, Charles Bronson was the he-man of thriller movies. Apart from The Mechanic, there was the Death Wish trilogy.

Bronson's wife was murdered in the first Death Wish and his daughter, Carol raped and institutionalised. He seek revenge against muggers and the police force under Inspector Ochoa (Vincent Gardenia) were hot on his trail. The scene where he used a sock of coins to thwart a mugger and the killing in the subway are legendary.

However, his vigilante exploits brought down crimes in New York and so the authorities got him out of New York to Chicago as a way out of avoiding making him a martyr. This movie spawned The Brave One starring Jodie Forster in 2007.