The first trailer for Eli Roth's remake of "Death Wish" dropped Thursday morning and outrage over the movie started trending almost immediately on Twitter.
In the film, Bruce Willis' Dr. Paul Kersey is out for revenge after his wife is brutally murdered in Chicago. The footage shows him breaking bad as a vigilante in a hoodie who blows away criminals with glee.
The movie is already being called out as "tone deaf" on social media:
Eli Roth's DEATH WISH: old white dude shoots a bunch of black people in the name of justice while wearing a hoodie. All set to AC/DC. Jesus.
@JacobQKnight
Death Wish (2017): "Yes, but how cool would it be if a WHITE person was murdering people in Chicago"
@kibblesmith
CONFEDERATE. DETROIT. And now, DEATH WISH. All symptoms of the same sickness.
@VyceVictus
*sees Death Wish remake trailer*
@ChuckWendig
*gives it a moment*
how about no
Eli Roth remaking Death Wish with Bruce Willis gunning down minorities while wearing a hoodie. pic.twitter.com/i8Zm2yozKs
@justinofclark
Just watched Bruce Willis in a hoodie shoot a bunch of black people on their front porch in the DEATH WISH trailer and I feel queasy
@rossjgardner
So Death Wish looks like a nasty slice of pro-gun pie with a drizzle of dog shit and a side order of the old bored and waxy Bruce Willis
@studioexec1
The Eli Roth Death Wish looks just like the trash this divisive world needs.
@BillyHonda66
I actually had to stop the Death Wish trailer. Everything about it looks dumb. Only Bruce Willis in a hoodie I'll accept is Unbreakable 2.
@comtar
A Death Wish remake starring Bruce Willis directed by Eli Roth sounds like someone tried to think of the worst combo of elements possible.
@JayBauman1
Fair or not, I can't think of a more tone-deaf idea in this political/social environment than white filmmakers remaking #DEATHWISH...
@ScottMendelson
If that Death Wish remake didn't look so socially and culturally offensive, I'd still hate it for looking like generic revenge porn trash
@taymckay2point0
The Death Wish 2017 trailer made me sick. I'm tired to watching old white men kill urban-living POC as revenge fantasy.
@earth_2
Death Wish is nasty, xenophobic, misogynist trash. A remake at the current political moment is…not great.
@ScottMadin
Worst movie of the year seems to be a race between the new Death Wish movie and the 9/11 movie..let the bad reviews begin!
@CloseEnough22
Re: DEATH WISH: You know, timing matters. These days? It matters a fucking lot.
@NordlingCS
Maybe #DeathWish isn't a good idea in a post-Trayvon Martin world. White dudes on vigilante rampages for their fridged wife is very 1980...
@MildlyAmused
Death Wish had its seedy place in history as popcorn fiction. With today being what it is I can't believe it got remade. #TrayvonMartin
@SaxonJacob
Just saw the trailer for that Death Wish remake. pic.twitter.com/P7A5XgDfd5
@oohhangon
Feel like a Death Wish remake from the misanthropic Eli Roth is just about one of the last things America needs.
@TomSiebert
Well that Death Wish remake certainly looks....unnecessary and boring.
@TheMoreYouNerd
I work very hard on not pre judging stuff but holy shit does that Death Wish remake look astonishingly ill timed and advised.
@AlasdairStuart
Such a brilliant creative choice for Eli Roth to set his Death Wish remake in Chicago. I wonder if Bruce Willis wears a MAGA hat in it?
@burn_amb
That Death Wish trailer...yikes. Old white guy killing people in a hoodie? Great job doing nothing interesting with a modern update. #NoGrit
@AaronsPS4
It wasn't all bad news for the movie though, as some defended its premise and others expressed excitement over the trailer:
Nothing funnier than watching all the #resist #Resistance crowd lose their shit over a new Death Wish movie b/c of the pretend violence.
@SurburbanCowboy
To those whining abut Death Wish looking racist/fascist-did ya not see the original?
@WRyneHall
Guess they forgot the 1st person shot by Paul Kersey in the original Death Wish was a white druggie male that pulled a gun on him.
@biggy_brent
Pathetic Leftard moaning about Death Wish!!!!😵...... Truth hurts! pic.twitter.com/3vHF5JyOt7
@MJButts23
I cannot even say how excited I am to see "Death Wish" with Bruce Willis. LOVED the Bronson originals SO MUCH that it's my retirement goal!
@jeanpennie
Just saw the Death Wish Trailer, very excited for it. Eli Roth's a great director and Willis is the perfect casting.
@MZimmel
Trailer for Death Wish, a remake I didn't think I wanted until now. h/t @eliroth @carnojoe https://t.co/drSa47fqDR
@scottEweinberg
I'm excited for the Bruce Willis Death Wish movie…
@Daddy_Warpig
But nobody beats Bronson.
Nobody.
