Okay, so Sylvester Stallone has never been a stranger to film violence, but for anyone that has watched the R-rated promo for Rambo knows not to expect a fluff piece as it looks to be extremely violent and apparently he wants to continue the violence in his proposed remake of Death Wish, which he discussed with IGN.
Back in November 2007 it was announced that Sly had set his sites on writing, directing and starring in a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson starrer Death Wish for MGM. What’s his take on the tale of an ordinary man who goes vigilante after his wife and daughter are attacked? Well, as he tells IGN, “I think Death Wish, if it were done today, would be volcanic,” Stallone said. “The idea of Jeff Goldblum being a mugger who breaks into an apartment is very simplistic. It gives you an idea how bad the elevation of violence has become. I would focus on defense attorneys, I would focus on [the people] allowing this crap to happen — not so much the guy on the street. It’s like, ‘Who permits it?’
“What if it happened to you, that your daughter was grabbed and her eyes were put out? Would you want to sit there and defend that guy?”
Stallone continued saying, “Now you’ve unleashed a man who really understands the world of violence, he isn’t burdened with this passive-aggressive, conscientious-objector kind of thing. That’s been done. It’s like what happens when the wolf has gone from wolf to wolf in sheep’s clothing back to the wolf. Now the fellow on the street has a problem because he knows how to deal with that kind of mentality because he was a prisoner.”
Whether or not it will work out is unknown, but he certainly has a vision all his own.
