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Howtobefreaky t1_j2biv8q wrote

Maybe not the first but Death Wish certainly predates it.

My criteria for this question: characters that aren't cops, characters that aren't in a Hitchock movie (North by Northwest isn't a typical or even prototypical action movie), no cowboys (since these are by definition not modern day "every man")

The funny thing about Death Wish is that Willis ended up starring in the remake that I heard was very bad.

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FormerIceCreamEater t1_j2bxdo3 wrote

So die hard wasn't about an everyman since he was a cop

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Howtobefreaky t1_j2c2x9s wrote

I mean tbh yeah but at least in that movie he was off duty so it still has the same feel of a guy trapped in and adapting to circumstances beyond his control

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