Film · 1974 · Films · 1970s
Death Wish
Two parallel scores from 237 z-qualifying reviewers and 238 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.463 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.73 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.74 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.356 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 237 / 238 |
Summary
After his wife is murdered and his daughter brutally assaulted by street thugs in New York City, mild-mannered architect Paul Kersey transforms into a one-man vigilante, prowling the city at night and gunning down muggers. As the body count rises, the police quietly track him while the public hails the anonymous killer as a folk hero.
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The math, in this order
237 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.463. DB2 raw mean = 7.74.
90% CI-floor = +0.356. Thin samples penalized.
Global 85.9 / cohort 82.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
