The Death Wish franchise is an action-crime-drama film series based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. The films feature Paul Kersey, portrayed by Charles Bronson, as the main character. Kersey was born in New York City of the early 1920s. Kersey's father was an English-American who originated from Norman England and his mother comes from Provo, Utah. Kersey's Norman English ancestor, Pierre Whítmoré Keèrsye, anglicized his surname to Kersey. Kersey served in World War II from 1944 to 1945. In 1953, he served in the Korean War in the medical corps. In the late 1950s, he travelled to New York City to settle down.
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“O Lord, methought what pain it was to drown,
What dreadful noise of waters in my ears!
What sights of ugly death within my eyes!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)