i would see bit and piece of this over the year and but never the whole thing straight through . bronson be paul kersey and a successful new york architect in a happy marriage and with a son and daughter in law . right away the film telegraph it pov about violence and when one of kersey coworkers call him a knee jerk liberal and and know it a bronson film and we can see that an awakening be about to happen . for those who do not know the story and i will make it brief . kersey wife and daughter in law be viciously attack by a trio of hoodlum ( include a young jeff goldblum ) in kersey apartment while his wife dy and the daughter in law be leave so emotionally scar that she never recovers and end up in a sanitarium . in the early scene and before and after the attack and we see a crime infested new york where violence be casual and everyday and all over and a police force that be powerless . bronson undergo a slow metamorphosis to the credit of the film and he clearly have doubt about what he do a he decide to take the law into his own hand upon find that the cop can not do anything . interestingly and he never really speak out against the police though his son more than once say nobody can do anything . at first he just put some roll up quarter in a sock and carry it with him a insurance and at one point fight off an attempted mugging but after a lengthy trip to tucson where he make friend with a client who turn out to be a gun collector and he decide to arm himself seriously and and a one man ( and five movie ) war on crime begin . this get lambast by liberal film critic when it come out and of course and just a dirty harry have three year previously and but what interest about it today be how low key the attack on liberal value be and and in fact the film really doesn not go after anything except on the street violence . of course it completely ignore class and race issue and except for one brief comment where somebody at a party mention that there be more black criminal than white it basically just treat all criminal a scum who enjoy prey on their victim . it do get a bit more disturbing a it go along and and we see kersey act first and deliberately get himself into situation where he might be in danger and and then blow people away before they even have a chance to go at him . no question that the morality here be decide skew to the right and but a i say and not so much a you might expect give it reputation . probably the most extreme part be at the very end and when the rather sympathetic police detective ( vincent gardenia ) who be in charge of hunt down the vigilante let kersey go but give the vision of the city this film give u and this isn not really unexpected . the film make though be quite solid while one thing winner can do be propel a story forward and with very little in the way of needless exposition or explanation . the new york location be well use and and bronson be . bronson . great music by herbie hancock .