
The original film focused on 'Paul Kersey', a New York City architect and 'bleeding-heart liberal' who served in the Korean War for the army medical corps.
Three street punks posing as delivery boys break into his apartment while he's not home, leaving his wife to die of injuries and his daughter in a catatonic state.
Kersey snaps and begins to 'patrol' the streets, killing any/all street criminals he encounters...