TY - JOUR

T1 - Make America Hate Again

T2 - The politics of vigilante geriaction

AU - Frame, Gregory

PY - 2021/11/10

Y1 - 2021/11/10

N2 - The article explores the politics of the vigilante geriaction film, with specific focus on the remake of Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018). In its construction of a nation under mortal threat from within and without, the subgenre speaks to ways in which Donald Trump has galvanised support from older white men by appealing to their sense of marginalisation, precarity and obsolescence. Through close attention to Death Wish’s visual style, representation of masculinity, and its ageing star (Bruce Willis), this article will demonstrate how the subgenre attempts to resuscitate a form of authoritarian heroism considered outmoded in the contemporary cultural landscape.

AB - The article explores the politics of the vigilante geriaction film, with specific focus on the remake of Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018). In its construction of a nation under mortal threat from within and without, the subgenre speaks to ways in which Donald Trump has galvanised support from older white men by appealing to their sense of marginalisation, precarity and obsolescence. Through close attention to Death Wish’s visual style, representation of masculinity, and its ageing star (Bruce Willis), this article will demonstrate how the subgenre attempts to resuscitate a form of authoritarian heroism considered outmoded in the contemporary cultural landscape.

KW - aggrieved entitlement

KW - Death Wish

KW - geriaction

KW - Masculinity

KW - Donald Trump

KW - Bruce Willis

KW - vigilante

U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2021.1957337

DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2021.1957337

M3 - Article

VL - 49

SP - 168

EP - 180

JO - Journal of Popular Film and Television

JF - Journal of Popular Film and Television

SN - 0195-6051

IS - 3

ER -