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Drifting as far from Michael Winner's original and interesting 1974 Death Wish as possible, this belated sequel in an often ugly series is nevertheless a harmless, fairly conventional thriller featuring a watchable cast. After his life of loss and misery at the hands of criminals, vigilante Paul Kersey is ready to settle down in romantic bliss with a fashion designer named Olivia (Lesley-Anne Down). Unfortunately, the lady happens to be the target of her mobster ex-husband (Michael Parks), who has a tight grip on New York's garment district. Disfigured and finally murdered by her former spouse, Olivia is avenged in very creative ways by Paul, who resorts to such esoterica as using a remote-controlled soccer ball to deliver an explosive punishment. Bronson largely phones it in for this potboiler, though even in the winter of his life he can look quite compelling in his stoic way. Helping to keep things interesting is Parks's kinky cruelty and Saul Rubinek's vaguely bemused performance as a well-meaning prosecutor. --Tom Keogh
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2.0 out of 5 stars
come on,are you kidding me?,
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This review is from: Death Wish V: The Face of Death (DVD)
man,this movie is pretty bad.once again Paul Kersey(CharlesBronson)becomes vigilante.the only somewhat decent thing in this movie is the creative deaths of some of bad guys in his way.other than that,there's not much to recommend it.it slow and ponderous.it's not even fun to watch.all i wanted is for it to end.and,thankfully,it eventually does.honestly,you'd have to be pretty bored to watch this thing.clearly,the worst of the series,and made for no good discernible reason i can think of.i guess if i try really hard,i can squeeze out a 2/5
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bad Ending,
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This review is from: Death Wish V: The Face of Death (DVD)
This was a bad ending to both this movie and the entire sequel. While this movie does have explosions, gunfire, and a story line unlike the previous movies, it seems to abruptly end without a full close to the story.As far as a close to the sequel, it would have been much better if they would have had Jeff Goldblum come back to face Bronson; after all, he did get away with murder in the first movie. Over all, I do recomend this movie to all Death Wish lovers. Charles Bronson was correct when he defended thsese movies, it does give a sence of satisfaction to all those who are fustrated with the legal system.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Last time has its charms.,
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This review is from: Death Wish V: The Face of Death (DVD)
Paul Kersey now lives in the witness protection program (why?) and is preparing to settle down with another woman, a fashion designer in New York, and her daughter. But this new love comes with some ugly baggage. Her ex-husband is a local hood who is using his ex-wife's business to clean his dirty money. When this operation is threatened said ex makes violent threats and then follows through on them with his trio of thugs. Of course the law seems to be unable to do anything about it and Kersey (who everybody on the planet seems aware of) returns to his old ways - nobody puts up much of a fight. There is very little steam in this entry, but writer/director Allan A. Goldstein does manage a few nice touches, just not as many as previous entries had. Bronson still has more star charisma and presence in his winter years than just about any action star of today. You could believe his punch would still pack a wallop. What is sad though is that Goldstein's script is so choked with illogic. As I mentioned before, it seems that every law enforcement officer in New York City (actually cost saving Canada this time around) knows that Kersey is back to his creep killing ways and their only reaction is. "Cut it out, will ya?" That does not tension make. Heck, even Death Wish 4: The Crackdown handled it better. Nonetheless, the cast plays their roles with just the right amount of winking and/or phoning in and one or two inventive dispatchings of the love-to-hate-them bad guys spices up the overly routine aspects of the movie. But it's for the die hard fans only.
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