The original “Death Wish” is quite a bit removed from the entertaining, if decidedly more outlandish, Cannon sequels that belatedly followed in the ‘80s.
And even more removed from the original novel (which might not necessarily have been the case had it been made today).
Last Vegas may be CBS Films's biggest hit to date, but the sooner they manage to have their own personal Twilight (The Woman In Black is their only other movie to have taken in upwards of $100 million*, and they didn't make that) the better...
