Death Wish (1974) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 48 titles created 10 Jun 2011 a list of 26 titles created 20 Nov 2011 a list of 34 titles created 03 Jan 2014 a list of 44 titles created 14 Dec 2014 a list of 34 titles created 7 months ago Search for " Death Wish " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 1 nomination.

See more awards » Photos Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles. Director: Michael Winner Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police detective to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods. Director: Michael Winner Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose. Director: J. Lee Thompson Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters. Director: Allan A. Goldstein An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them. Director: Michael Winner A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.

Director: Richard Fleischer In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness. Director: Peter R. Hunt A LAPD detective is on the trail of a very handsome young man who had been seducing and slashing many young women to death. Director: J. Lee Thompson The adventures of a drifter turned illegal prize-fighter during the Depression Era in New Orleans. Director: Walter Hill An action-packed thriller starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a cop who is running to stay alive long enough to even the score with his wife's killer. Director: J. Lee Thompson During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers. Director: Robert Aldrich Edit Storyline Open-minded architect Paul Kersey returns to New York City from vacationing with his wife, feeling on top of the world. At the office, his cynical coworker gives him the welcome-back with a warning on the rising crime rate. But Paul, a bleeding-heart liberal, thinks of crime as being caused by poverty.

However his coworker's ranting proves to be more than true when Paul's wife is killed and his daughter is raped in his own apartment. The police have no reliable leads and his overly sensitive son-in-law only exacerbates Paul's feeling of hopelessness. He is now facing the reality that the police can't be everywhere at once. Out of sympathy his boss gives him an assignment in sunny Arizona where Paul gets a taste of the Old West ideals. He returns to New York with a compromised view on muggers... Written by Don Hoffman AN EXPLOSIVE STORY OF URBAN VIOLENCE AND REVENGE See more » Genres: 24 July 1974 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Sidewalk Vigilante See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The killing in the subway station was supposed to remain off-screen in the script, but Michael Winner himself decided to turn this into an actual, brutal scene.

See more » Goofs When Inspector Ochoa says that the first mugger killed by Kersey was carrying a clip, he was not, as some suggest, referring to a magazine as used in an automatic pistol but to a holster clipped to his belt which held the revolver. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits Actresses Olympia Dukakis ('Cop at the Precinct') and Marcia Jean Kurtz as Marcia Jean-Kurtz ('Woman at Airport') get credited in opening credits only. There's no mention of them in the closing credits. See more » Connections An interesting take on personal justice 7 December 1999 | by filmbuff-36 (Houston, TX) – See all my reviews Perhaps "Death Wish" is unquestionably the best vigilante film ever made. It's not the action-packed thrill-fest that movies like "Kill Bill" or "The Punisher" seek to be, instead it's a haunting, sometimes intoxicating look at our society's views on justice. Charles Bronson is Paul Kersey, a New York architect whose wife is killed by a group of muggers ransacking their apartment, an attack that also leaves his daughter catatonic.

The killers are never caught, and Kersey is left shattered. He takes a job working for a land developer in New Mexico to get his mind off his troubles, and while there his long dormant fascination with guns is renewed when his client Ames Jainchill (Stuart Margolin) shows off his personal collection and lets him crack some shots off. He also witnesses a live reenactment of an Old West shootout, where frontier justice was administered at the end of the gun. Kersey soon arrives back in New York, livened up a bit from his visit and ready to resume his life. But the streets are still filled with thugs, and Kersey knows that Manhattan is not the best place to be at night. He discovers that Jainchill has given him a .32 revolver as a present, and subsequently uses it to kill a man trying to mug him. Kersey soon realizes the cathartic release of enacting vigilante revenge as the media reports his killings and other private citizens take action, all while police officer Frank Ochoa (Vincent Gardenia) leads a task force to capture the vigilante and stop future violence.

"Death Wish" was a product of its day -- a Nixon-era knee jerk reaction to rampant crime that turned out to be quite a hit. But to dismiss it simply as that would be to deny the film its true power. It asks the question of whether or not vigilantism can be used as a social good, and just how can a citizen properly defend himself from criminal attacks. More importantly, to the movie's credit it does introduce the downside of vigilantism, with Ochoa worrying that people will be whipped into such a frenzy that they'll start attacking anyone who looks suspicious. The movie does play it safe when it comes to Kersey's "victims" however. Every one of them is clearly a mugger, threatening his life or just wanting his money. But the movie does enter into ambiguous territory by looking at the actual actions Kersey takes. At first he just stumbles into traps set up by muggers or happens on a crime taking place; later on the other hand it's clear that he's actually inviting attacks by making himself a target. And the self-defense aspect of his actions becomes equally cloudy when he kills muggers that are already fleeing. He wants to punish them for their crimes, which itself can be morally troubling.

But to understand "Death Wish" you had to understand the times. Murder rates were very high in New York City, and many muggers had little problem killing their victims. The criminals in the film are not overly sympathetic either, most of them clearly hippies or other social undesirables, probably hooked on drugs from their "free love" days and now stuck in the bitter reality of narcotic dependency now that the good times are over. It's hard to feel sorry for someone willing to kill you just for a couple hours worth of pleasure. I'm sure the movie's audiences in New York, and probably across the country, enjoyed living out their revenge fantasies vicariously through Kersey. It should be said that Bronson, normally criticized as a wooden actor, gives a remarkably strong performance. This may be due to his friendship with director Michael Winner, who also helmed several of his other films. But it's probably due to the fact that the movie was not written as an action hero vehicle, and because of this the story demanded a character more grounded in reality. Kersey is not a superhero -- he's just one man trying to make a difference in the world. Also, he's not all there, either.

The movie makes it clear that Kersey is a little deranged as well, and one wonders just how far he might go to do what he thinks is right. The sequels were more interested in making him out to be an infallible crusader against evil, abandoning any pretext of social commentary and just offering body counts, but here at least the movie shows that someone willing to go on a shooting spree isn't quite right in the head, regardless of the guilt of his victims. Supporting roles are excellent as well. A very young Jeff Goldblum nails his performance as one of the muggers who invades Kersey's apartment, immediately scary and repellent. Gardenia is a nice foil for Bronson, making Ochoa an intelligent officer not unsympathetic to Kersey's crusade, especially when he sees how the crime rate plummets following the killings. Christopher Guest, who would go on to star in hit mockumentaries like "This is Spinal Tap," "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind" has a small but memorable role as a police officer towards the end of the movie. In fact, everyone does a good job.

Ultimately, your enjoyment of "Death Wish" will probably rely both on your politics and views toward crime. It's a movie where the critic is judged based on his review, which is just as well I suppose. It's at once fascinating, and still very timely. Nine out of ten stars. Bronson's best solo movie and certainly a very thought-provoking piece, which is lost on both people who only want to watch it for the mugger killings and those who just dismiss it a fascist trash. 115 of 140 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Death Wish (movie series) - Wikiquote Death Wish (movie series) Jump to: navigation , search The Death Wish series consists of five movies starring Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, who becomes a vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter raped. Vigilante, city style -- Judge, Jury, and Executioner We want money, mother, now get it! Goddamn rich cunt! I KILL RICH CUNTS! Jack Toby: We gotta let the cops handle this, Dad. Paul Kersey: Yeah? Well, what if the cops can't handle this?

Sam Kreutzer: You know, decent people are going to have to work here and live somewhere else. Paul Kersey: By "decent people," you mean people who can afford to live somewhere else. Sam Kreutzer: Oh Christ, you are such a bleeding-heart liberal, Paul. Paul Kersey: My heart bleeds a little for the underprivileged, yes. Sam Kreutzer: The underprivileged are beating our goddamned brains out. You know what I say? Stick them in concentration camps, that's what I say. Paul Kersey: You've got a prime figure. You really have, you know. Joanna Kersey: That's a euphemism for fat. Paul Kersey: Any chance of catching these men? Lt. Briggs: There's a chance, sure. Paul Kersey: Just a chance? Lt. Briggs: I'd be less than honest if I gave you more hope, Mr. Kersey. In the city, that's the way it is. Ames Jainchill: You're probably one of them knee-jerk liberals that thinks us gun boys would shoot our guns because it's an extension of our penises. Paul Kersey: Never thought about it that way.

It could be true. Ames Jainchill: Well, maybe it is. But this is gun country. Frank Ochoa: We want you to get out of New York... Permanently. (pause) Paul Kersey: Inspector... By sundown? Paul Kersey: Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don't defend us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves. Jack Toby: We're not pioneers anymore, Dad. Paul Kersey: What are we, Jack? Jack Toby: What do you mean? Paul Kersey: I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide? Jack Toby: Civilized? Paul Kersey: No. Sam Kreutzer: I'll bet muggings are down, and they're afraid to tell us. Paul Kersey: There's only one way to find out. Take a walk on Columbus Avenue tonight. Paul Kersey: Do you believe in Jesus? Stomper: Yes I do.

Paul Kersey: Well, you're gonna meet him. (Kersey then kills Stomper with his Beretta Cheetah pistol) Elliott Cass: Are you free tomorrow Paul? Paul Kersey: Sure, What else would I be doing? (several gunshots are heard and the credits roll) Paul Kersey: Where's my wallet? Jiver: I ain't got it! Paul Kersey: Goodbye (Kersey then shoots Jiver in the head with his Beretta Cheetah pistol) Paul Kersey: Where do you think I've been? Geri Nichols: Killing muggers? I'm taking care of Charlie's things. You relax, Bennett. This is my problem. My friend Wildey's coming. A .475 Wildey Magnum is a shorter version of the African big game cartridge... it makes a real mess. I'm going out for some ice cream... this is America, isn't it? Richard S. Striker[ edit ] Dialogue[ edit ] Hermosa: [Sexually harassing Maria who is in her car talking to her friends] Yo bitch! Come here I wanna eat you! I'm gonna to lick you all over!

[Laughes] [Maria starts to drive away] Hermosa: [Runs and jumps on Maria's car hood] I'm coming for you bitch! Come here! I wanna eat you! [Continues to harass Maria while holding on to the roof the car] Come on bitch! Come on! [Maria drives into a garage with Hermosa still assaulting her and Paul turns to see the car coming] Hermosa: Come on bitch! Stop the fucking car! Stop- [Maria makes a screeching stop which cause Hermosa to fall off the car] Hermosa: [Gets up angrily] You're mine now bitch! I'm gonna fucking kill ya! [runs over to the car and is about to open the door to rape Maria] [Paul grabs a pipe and hits Hermosa on the face with it. The frighten Maria quickly closes the door and backs up the car very quickly out of the garage as Hermosa runs away from Paul] Kathryn Davis: I made chicken, I hope you like it. It's the only thing I know how to make. Paul Kersey: Chicken's good. I like chicken. Bennett: What's the car for? Paul Kersey: Bait. Bennett: We heard shots.

What happened? Paul Kersey: I sent them a message. Tulio: [Grabs Eli by the shirt collar] Listen! We'll come back anytime we like. You got that... pops?![Releases Eli] Tulio: [Laughs manically as he runs over to the open window then turns back at the old couple] Anytime! [Tulio Laughs manically then jumps out the window as Erika starts crying on Eli's shoulder] Paul Kersey: Hey, what's the problem? Punk at Car #1: What? Paul Kersey: With the car... what's the problem? Punk at Car #1: Just get outta my fuckin' face. Who are you? Punk at Car #2: We're stealing a fuckin' car, what's it to you? Paul Kersey: It's my car. Punk at Car #1: Now you gonna die! (Kersey shoots them both dead) Bennett: They call him "The Giggler". Paul Kersey: Jesus, he really moves. Mandy Fraker: [After seemingly killed by Paul gets up and points his gun at Paul] Hey!

[Hits his chest to reveal he wore a bulletproof vest] Bullet proof asshole! Just like yours! Stay just like that! Striker: You can't handle both of us. Mandy Fraker: Bet me! [Points his gun at Striker] [Paul quickly grabs the M72 LAW Rocket Launcher as Fraker turns and makes an 'Oh Crap!' face as Paul fires the launcher which obliterates Fraker] Death Wish 4: The Crackdown ( 1987 )[ edit ] eighteen year old male, died when his freebasing pipe exploded in his face. Not great... but pretty damn good. I was just using the... toilet? (Frank Bauggs confronts Kersey sneaking into his apartment) Frank Bauggs: What the fuck are you doing here?! Paul Kersey: I was making a sandwich. Mugger: Who the fuck are you?! Paul Kersey: Death. Guns have their uses. Idiots with guns make me nervous. I've got a cure for your dandruff problem. :(detonates bomb) Sometimes the law doesn't work. You need a bath. First His Wife. Now His Daughter. It's Time To Even The Score!

Bronson's loose! He wants the filth off the streets. If the police can't do it, he will... his way! He's planning to clean up the city... his way! When murder and rape invade your home, and the cops can't stop it... This man will. His way. He's back to New York bringing justice to the streets... He's Judge, Jury and Executioner! This time it's war! The vigilante is back - with a vengeance The vigilante is back... Charles Bronson | Death Wish Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Charles Bronson is the actor who potrayed Paul Kersey in all five Death Wish movies. He was 53 when he Charles Bronson in The Dirty Dozen (1967) started the role and made his final Death Wish movie when he was 73.

He was born in Ehrenfeild, Pennsylvania on Novemebr 3rd, 1921. He served in World War 2 and began his acting carrer in the 1950's and over time developed a tough guy persona that would continue throughout his movies. He starred in Death Wish in 1974 and continued to play Paul Kersey over the next 20 years in the Death Wish franchise until he starred as Paul Kersey the last time in 1994 in Death Wish 5: The Face of Death. He was considerd old for an action hero resulting in the sequels to Death Wish to be panned by critics. However, Bronson, who was a fitness enthuiseast, kept in good shape and was able to perform all of the action scenes without stunt doubles. Despite portraying a tough vigilante in the Death Wish movies he spoke out agianst vigilantism in the 1980's after Bernhard Goetz shot 4 young men who he claimed tried to mug him. He continued his acting carrer during and after the Death Wish series usually putting on his tough guy persona in the roles he played.

He died on August 30th, 2003 at the age of 81. Audience Reviews for Death Wish V: The Face of Death ½ Death Wish V concludes the series where Charles Bronson plays a vigilante. For a fifth film, this one is pretty decent. Although it's the same old formula, it's not as bad as what everyone has said. There's plenty to enjoy if you're a fan of the series, and Charles Bronson in particular. Considering that everything has been done before, this is still a fun film. The cast do a pretty good job here and a key performance here is Michael Parks. He made the film good along with Bronson of course. Although it has its flaws, this is a pretty decent film for what it is. There's plenty to enjoy, and if you're a fan of the series, then surely you'll like this one. There are still some good action bits despite the fact that the script suffers a bit, as it uses recycled ideas from the previous four films. As a whole I thought it was a mindless, entertaining way to finish off the series.

Action film fans should check this one out, and despite its lack of originality, it still manages to be decent fun in the end. Don't take this one too seriously. Obviously, what made the first three films so good has been watered down, and the action scenes are less elaborate. However, Charles Bronson delivers here, and it's what makes the film work. Add to that so fun one liners and you have a mildly entertaining flick that is quite frankly underrated. This fifth film is not as bad as what many fans have said. It certainly isn't the best, but it's worth a watch. A good enough effort to end this fun series of a vigilante that is brilliantly portrayed by one of the most bad assed actors ever, Charles Bronson. Alex roy Super Reviewer **SPOILERS** The fifth last and most vicious and violent of all the "Death Wish" movies based on the sadistic and brutal scenes in the film, even though the body count in "Death Wish V" seemed to be the lowest of all the previous sequels with the exception of the original "Death Wish" back in 1974.

Paul Kersey, Charles Bronson, now thanks to the Withness Protection Program is living as an non-violent and law-abiding citizen in New York City, Paul is a professor of architecture at a local university. With his life back to normal, no more shooting of criminals, and having a classy and beautiful lady-friend Olivia Regent, Lesley-Anne Down, who has a cute and adorable daughter Chelsea, Erica Lancaster, things couldn't be better but then "They" came on the scene. What "They" did to Paul's future wife and to his and her friends, including little Chelsea, made Paul turn into the crime fighter and personal avenger that he tried to put behind him. In the end "They'll" never be the same, or in one piece, again after the outraged and infuriated Paul Kersey does "His Thing" or "Job" on them. "They" are a Westie-like organized mobster gang headed by Paul's lover Olivia's former husband and little Chelsea's father Tommy O'Shea, Michael Parks. Tommy is a borderline psycho who loves to hurt and torture people that he doesn't like or who don't obey him as fast as he want's them too.

Getting his hands on the garment industry in NYC Tommy has a stranglehold on Olivia who has a line of clothes thats produced from a business that she owns there. The O'Shea mob starts to put the screws on Olivia's business and those working for her. The local D.A Tony Hoyle, Saul Rubinek, gets a number of workers in the garment center to agree to testify against O'Shea and his mob. Unknown to D.A Hoyle there's a member of his staff who's tipping off O'Shea to who's to testify and has the O'Shea mob murder them before he, D.A Hoyle, can provide them with police protection. One of those who's at first viciously mutilated and later murdered by the O'Shea Mob is non other then Olivia,this brings the wild animal out of the peaceful and kind Paul Kersey. Charles Bronson's Paul Kersey takes on organized crime in "Death Wish 5" unlike the mostly unorganized street thugs and criminals that he took on in the previous four "Death Wish" films. Again like Kersey did in the earlier movies he does the bad guys in, and finishes them off, in the most spectacular ways that he can devise.

Even though he was 73 at the time in 1994 Charles Bronson is very believable as the avenging vigilante Paul Kersey knocking off the entire O'Shea Mob. Kersey does his unpleasant and bloody job not only with bullets but with cyanide-laced pastries exploding soccer balls and clothes making and knitting machinery. Tommy O'Shea, as well as his gang, gets his comeuppances by being dropped, by Paul, into a boiling vat of acid and made to look a lot slimmer and 150 ponds lighter. Not realizing that their no match at all for the angry and rampaging Kersey the O'Shea mob tried to trap him, by kidnapping and holding hostage Chelsea, at the plant and do him in. Kersey was on to them from the start and in the end it was he who was the hunter and they, the O'Shea Mob, who were the hunted with the results, in this deadly cat-and-mouse game, being a forgone and bloody conclusion for them not Paul Kersey. Cassandra Maples Death Wish (Film) - TV Tropes Death Wish You need to login to do this.

Get Known if you don't have an account Share WMG He wants the filth off the streets. If the police can't do it, he will... his way. "People like the idea of revenge. You ever hear the expression, 'The best revenge is living well'? It means supposedly the best way to get back at someone is just by being happy and successful in your own life. Sounds nice. Doesn't really work on that Charles Bronson -kinda level, you know what I mean? Those movies where his whole family just gets wiped out by some street scum. You think you could go up to him, 'Charlie, forget about the .357. What you need is a custom-made suit and a convertible. New carpeting, French doors, a divan! That'll show those punks!'" A 1974 action-crime-drama film based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield (who also wrote Death Sentence ). The film was directed by Michael Winner and stars Charles Bronson (the actor, not the prisoner ). New York architect Paul Kersey has his world shattered forever when his apartment is attacked by three vicious punks, who murder his wife and rape his daughter.

After being sent to Arizona by his boss to meet with a client, Kersey takes an interest in guns and eventually has one slipped into his bag by the client as he's preparing to return to New York (this film was made back before things like hijackers and airline security were an issue). Upon his return, Kersey starts dispensing justice to the scum on the streets, shooting down any mugger that tries to rob him. The police want him arrested, but the public are behind him, glad that someone's doing something to clean up the streets. Kersey is eventually asked to leave New York to avoid prosecution, much like the Old West vigilantes of long ago. The film was a major commercial success and generated a movie franchise lasting four sequels over a twenty-year period. The film was denounced by critics as advocating vigilantism and unlimited punishment to criminals (and by Garfield - see Creator Backlash in Trivia), but it was seen as speaking to a growing mood in the United States as crime rose during the 1970s . For a character with a death wish, see Death Seeker .

The Death Wish Pentalogy: Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) These movies provide examples of: Adult Fear : The thought of your loved ones getting brutally raped and/or murdered when you're not around to help is a pretty potent fear for most people. Beware the Nice Ones : Paul is a pacifist, but he learned to use guns during his younger years despite later serving as a combat medic in the The Korean War . And it shows. Big Bad : Averted , as there is no singular main villain. The Big Rotten Apple : Both the original film and its New York-set sequels depict a city where violent crime is so out of control that citizens are forced to take vigilante action. Cartwright Curse / Disposable Woman : One of the series' most notorious traits—his wife in the first film, his daughter in the second, girlfriends in the third, fourth, and fifth films, numerous non-Kersey women in all films — basically, if you're female and hang around Paul Kersey, you're pretty much screwed. Crusading Widower : The entire reason Paul is risking his life by fighting muggers and gangbangers is because they killed his wife and raped his daughter.

Early Installment Weirdness : The original film is a gritty, realistic, look at urban decay and out of control crime in major American cities during the era. The movie was such a hit largely because it embodied the feelings of many honest citizens at the time. In the end there is no dramatic showdown with the men who killed his wife and raped his daughter, they simply disappear into the city and Paul will never know who they were. There's little graphic violence, but what there is very disturbing. Nothing in the movie could be defined as gratuitous. The sequels all follow all the clichés avoided in the original. It Gets Easier : Paul is not very comfortable fighting criminals early on in the film. At first, he beats up a mugger with a sock filled with quarters, then goes home, taking a drink of whisky to calm his nerves. He also vomits after killing his first criminal. I Need a Freaking Drink : Paul drinks a couple of time in the film to deal with the stress in his life. Karma Houdini : The three muggers and rapists from the first film, who start Kersey's road toward vigilantism, are never caught by the cops or killed by Kersey.

In the sequels, however, the trope is averted; if you're a bad guy, then you're not leaving the movie alive. The Lopsided Arm of the Law : The movies showcase repeatedly that the police is incapable of doing anything about the immense crime waves assaulting the cities and has all but called it quits, but put out all the stops to hound anybody who tries to fight back (even out of their jurisdiction). On the first movie they are afraid that the vigilante may escalate or that people fighting back may force the crooks to become even worse, but on the rest of the films this is shown as them not wanting to be shown over, thinking It's Personal , or wanting to get rid of a problem because they are Dirty Cops . My God, What Have I Done? : After Paul kills his first man, he is so horrified by what he just did that he runs home and throws up. He quickly becomes more comfortable with killing. Phallic Weapon : While at a gun range in Tuscon, Arizona with his client Ames Jainchill, Kersey mentions he was a Conscientious Objector during the Korean War.

Sequel Hook : The movie ends with Kersey, at an airport, pointing his finger at some muggers like a gun while smiling. Sinister Subway : Paul gets mugged in the subway twice. Sock It To Them : Kersey gets worth of rolled quarters, puts them into a sock, practices swinging the flail around in his apartment, and then carries it around during the day. Soon someone with a knife tries to mug him, and a single hit makes the other guy drop the knife and try to run away, go headfirst into a wall, and then stumble off. Stress Vomit : After Kersey kills his first mugger, he goes home to the bathroom and throws up in his toilet. Unbuilt Trope : The Death Wish saga pioneered the urban Vigilante Man concept, but it also showed how dangerous it would be. Vigilante Man : Death Wish is probably the Trope Codifier for this character type in media. Also an Unbuilt Trope as the film pioneered the urban vigilante concept, but it also showed how dangerous it would be. Wretched Hive : A New York City where gangs and solitary muggers roam the streets and the subways.

Citizens live in fear and the police seem to offer no safety. :: Indexes :: Death Wish II (1982) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 22 titles created 25 Nov 2012 a list of 22 titles created 26 Sep 2013 a list of 44 titles created 14 Dec 2014 a list of 24 titles created 9 months ago a list of 25 titles created 2 weeks ago Title: Death Wish II (1982) 6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police detective to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods. Director: Michael Winner Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose. Director: J. Lee Thompson A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark. Director: Michael Winner Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters. Director: Allan A. Goldstein A LAPD detective is on the trail of a very handsome young man who had been seducing and slashing many young women to death. Director: J. Lee Thompson An action-packed thriller starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a cop who is running to stay alive long enough to even the score with his wife's killer. Director: J. Lee Thompson An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer.

Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them. Director: Michael Winner A professional killer comes out ot retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend. Director: J. Lee Thompson Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the... See full summary » Director: J. Lee Thompson In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness. Director: Peter R. Hunt A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him. Director: Richard Fleischer A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life. Director: Peter R. Hunt Edit Storyline Paul Kersey, the vigilante, now lives in LA with his daughter, who is still recovering from her attack. He also has a new woman in his life. One day while with them, Kersey is mugged by some punks, Kersey fights back, but they get away.

The leader, wanting to get back at Kersey, goes to his house, but Kersey and his daughter Carol are not there. The muggers rape his housekeeper, and when Kersey and his daughter arrive, they knock him out and kidnap her. After they assault her, she leaps out of a window to her death. Kersey then grabs his gun and goes after them. When the LA authorities, deduce they have a vigilante, they decide to consult with New York, who had their vigilante problem. Now the New York officials, knowing that Kersey lives in LA, fears that he's back to his old habit. Fearing that Kersey, when caught will reveal that they let him go instead of prosecuting him send Inspector Ochoa to make sure that doesn't happen. Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com> First His Wife. Now His Daughter. It's Time To Even The Score! See more » Genres: 19 February 1982 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The film was shot on location and depicted actual "sleazy" areas of the city.

Twenty off-duty men of the Los Angeles Police Department were hired to protect the film cast and crew from potential trouble. See more » Goofs In the opening scene inside the radio station, a drop-and-pull date calendar visible through glass in an office gives the date as MAY 18 Monday. Later in the film, radio news reports indicate that the Point Fermin shootout occurred on May 14th, and courtroom testimony indicates Charles Wilson's capture occurred on May 15th. See more » Quotes (North America) – See all my reviews Charles Bronson reunites with director Michael Winner in this highly controversial sequel that sees poor Paul Kersey in L.A, and once again the target of degenerate muggers/gangsters, who viciously attack his housekeeper and daughter Carol(again!) leading to their deaths. Enraged, Paul Kersey returns to his vigilante ways, bringing on the attentions of New York cop Frank O'Choa(Vincent Gardenia again) who is sent to stop Kersey, but ends up helping him instead...Jill Ireland plays his new girlfriend.

Sequel pulls no punches in the violence and assaults(too much so I would agree, difficult to watch) yet otherwise delivers the expected vigilante retribution in effective and stylish fashion, depicting the stark nature of the streets memorably. Rarely will a film deliver to its core audience exactly what it wants(Bronson killing criminals with no remorse or soul-searching.) Powerfully presented crowd-pleaser is not as well made as the first,(some of the dialogue is wooden) but remains a guilty pleasure for those who want to see satisfying vigilante drama with their favorite actor delivering it without mercy. The ending is marvelous, and a perfect coda for the mission/fate of Paul Kersey. 3 of 3 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Bruce Willis is the new Charles Bronson in ‘Death Wish’ remake – EW.com Pinterest Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic Bruce Willis will star as Paul Kersey — a role originally played by Charles Bronson — in an upcoming Death Wish remake, directed by Big Bad Wolves‘ Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, Paramount confirmed to EW.

The first Death Wish premiered in 1974, and followed a man-turned-vigilante who seeks revenge after his wife is killed and his daughter is sexually assaulted. The film was directed by Michael Winner and based on a Brian Garfield’s 1972 novel of the same name. It went on to spawn four sequels, the most recent being 1994’s Death Wish V: The Face of Death, and also inspired 2007’s Death Sentence. Willis — who’s been associated with a new Death Wish since 2013 — most recently starred in 2015’s Extraction and Rock the Kasbah, and has a bit of experience with action films in a similar vein as Death Wish. One of his more notable roles is starring in the Die Hard franchise, a series of five movies about a New York cop who finds himself roped into playing hero when disasters strike. The Death Wish remake does not yet have a release date. Deadline first reported the news. FRANCHISE ME: Death Wish 5: The Face of Death | CHUD.com FRANCHISE ME: Death Wish 5: The Face of Death Editorial , Franchise Me , Movie News Hollywood loves a good franchise.

The movie-going public does too. Horror, action, comedy, sci-fi, western, no genre is safe. And any film, no matter how seemingly stand-alone, conclusive, or inappropriate to sequel, could generate an expansive franchise. They are legion. We are surrounded. But a champion has risen from the rabble to defend us. Me. I have donned my sweats and taken up cinema’s gauntlet. Don’t try this at home. I am a professional. . The Franchise: Death Wish — following the on-going killing spree of Paul Kersey, a liberal pacifist architect who is transformed into a gun-toting vigilante after his family is attacked by muggers. The series stretched over five films from 1974 to 1994. previous installments The Installment: Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) Creeps Dealt Bronson Justice: 7. The Story: Since Death Wish films can only take place in New York or Los Angeles, and the previous film was in Los Angeles, that obviously means we’re now back in New York now.

Having learned absolutely nothing from two decades of personal-loss-fueled-vengeance, architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is once again in a relationship. Having given up his penchant for blond reporters, this time his chickie is a fashion designer, Olivia Regent (Lesley-Anne Down), with a tween daughter. All would be great except Olivia’s ex-husband and babydaddy is an ambiguous gangster named Tommy O’Shea (Michael Parks), who is all sorts of bad news. But absolutely nothing bad happens to Kersey’s loved ones this time. Happy ending! Just kidding Olivia is obviously beaten and murdered. So then Kersey kills people. What Works: This film is a bit of a return to the original Death Wish, as far as tone is concerned. It is definitely the most reserved of the sequels, which isn’t to say that it doesn’t feature some fun gonzo stuff. The silliest aspect of the film is the hitman Freddie “Flakes” (Robert Joy), who is basically a cosplayer with terrible dandruff.

I love that he has dandruff, a character trait that has absolutely nothing to do with the character’s actions or personality, or with the film’s plot, or with anything that ever happens in the film. He just has dandruff, a fact that is introduced during the character’s introduction – savagely bashing Olivia’s face into a mirror – when he becomes concerned that you can see his flakes in his cosplay cross-dressing outfit. Then it is mentioned again by the DA (Saul Rubinek) who is trying to help Kersey take down Tommy. Then it is mentioned again when Freddie discusses it with his hot girlfriend. His cosplay love at least plays a role in how he executes his job. Why does he have dandruff? I guess someone thought it added to the character. It also provides inspiration for Kersey’s best line (see at bottom). Michael Parks is easily the best aspect of this film. A master of un-enunciation, Parks is always a bizarre presence even in bizarre films like From Dusk Til Dawn and Kill Bill. Having him as the main villain here is just delightfully off-kilter, in a good way. He’s too good for the film, really.

The character of Tommy is pretty stupid, the kind of movie gangster that we never really get a grasp on what manner of racket he runs. The kind of mobster about which another character might say “he’s got his hands in everything.” Tommy just does crime stuff. And lots of it. And he’s hardcore we know because he cuts a fat guy’s belly with a power saw during the film’s opening. I also like how the film goes out of its way to establish how much Tommy sucks. He’s not just a bad guy who doesn’t care about his daughter, we also learn he’s impotent when we overhear his girlfriend say “Nothing is happening again” whilst trying to blow him. What does him being impotent have to do with anything? Nothing, but now he sucks more! Same philosophy used in Animal House. The film has a few interesting cinematic moments too. I dug a goofy shot when a young boy runs into a church during a mobster funeral, and the entire collection of thugs occupying the pews spin around on the kid, guns extended. Great shot.

There is also an excellent stunt when a female detective gets nailed by a car, which then directly leads into my favorite convention of the Death Wish franchise — Kersey arriving at a hospital only to find out the victim is already dead! The moment isn’t as ridiculous and egregious as it was in parts 1, 3, and 4, but I’m just happy it happened one last time. “How is she?” Dead, Kersey. Already dead. Just like everyone you presumably ever visit in the hospital. This man is the harbinger of death for all he meets, in so many ways. Considering how few kills there are in this film, they are at least pretty interesting. Poisoning a guy with cannoli. That’s a new one. And I loved the premeditation with which Kersey cuts up Tommy’s face with a broken bottle (retribution for cutting up Olivia’s face; even though she’s dead anyway). Kersey doesn’t just grab a broken bottle and jam it in Tommy’s face. No, he finds a bottle, breaks it, then carries it around for a bit until he locates Tommy. Now that’s dedication to jamming a broken bottle in a dude’s face. Gotta respect that.

While I don’t think the score is commendable in any way, I do at least need to note that it isn’t worse than Death Wish 4, breaking the pattern of exponentially worsening scores for the sequels. What Doesn’t Work: Death Wish V has the fewest Kersey kills of any of the Death Wish films, which is surprising for a film this deep in a franchise that already went so far off the rails into gonzo body counts. The kills are all satisfying, so I don’t think the number itself is a problem so much as the pace. Kersey doesn’t kill anyone until 50 minutes into the film. Conversely, he kills his first victim at the 40 minute mark in the fucking original Death Wish! And that’s after he’s already assaulted that guy with the sock full of quarters. And that film was his origin story! He’s already a nutjob vigilante at this point. Can you imagine if Spider-Man hadn’t fought any crime for 50 minutes in one of the Sam Rami sequels? For the fifth film in the franchise, 50 minutes is a truly unacceptable amount of time to wait on the shit people paid their money for. Bronson is old now.

He was old when he made the first film. Now he’s old old. In his 70’s. This was the time period in which The Simpsons made their classic Death Wish 9 joke, featuring Kersey lying in a hospital bed and saying, “I wish I was dead. Oy!” Bronson has still got all his Bronson goodness, but the years can’t be hidden from the action scenes. It could have at least been unintentionally funny if the film had just gone with it, or clumsily worked around the fact that Bronson’s joints won’t let him throw a punch like he used to, but the movie does just a good enough job of concealing the reality that it is more depressing than anything else. And then there are a few moments that just feel entirely preposterous, like Kersey jumping off the top of a two-story building, doing a front flip, and landing on a pile of trash. And being fine. Or him wrapping a goon in plastic, then lifting him up off the ground to hang him on something. Old man Kersey must be doing the Leatherface work out. Why does Kersey keep getting girlfriends? Seriously, guy.

How many women do you need to get killed before you just decide to be a bachelor? A bit selfish, no? I wouldn’t even have gotten another housekeeper after Death Wish 2, much less a new girlfriend with a new daughter. This kind of repetition in the series is just dumb, and not even fun like death wishing or The Hospital Gag. There is also no explanation for why this famous fashion designer was married to a gangster. Kersey seems to date women with a very poor grasp on how to function in tense situations. The woman in Death Wish 2 was completely oblivious and uncaring to the fact that Kersey’s daughter had just been raped and killed. And here, when Kersey first sees Tommy he’s like, “I’m gonna go tell that guy off,” and Olivia lets him?!?! She knows he’s a dangerous criminal!! And she doesn’t know Kersey is a badass! Even if she isn’t going to try and stop Kersey, shouldn’t she at least mention who Tommy is? She’s lucky Kersey didn’t die right then and there. The tone of Death Wish V is awkward.

It is trying to be more serious, like the original film, yet it also is littered with lowbrow action movie moments like the rest of the sequels — like Kersey squaring off against three goons with machine guns, and shooting all three of them while none of them can hit him. He is mere yards away and there are three of them and they have machine guns. Tommy needs to send his boys to a shooting range. And Olivia’s clothing factory contains a huge vat of acid with no covering of any kind or safety bars around the edge. Just a big ol’ vat of acid on the floor. Which I assume they have in every clothing factory. I believe I read somewhere that the number one cause of death for clothing manufacturers is “accidentally fall into the acid vat.” This isn’t much of a complaint, but one of the three goons that Kersey kills in that face off talks in a cartoon voice like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget. It was extremely distracting. Most Egregious Creep Moment: The goons who put a snitch’s head into a steam press, followed up by the one-liner: “Well, Reg.

Now you’re all straightened out.” Best Bronson Kill: Kersey purchases a remote controled soccer ball that he fills with explosives. He uses the soccer ball to set off the burglar alarms at Freddie “Flakes” mansion, luring the hitman outside where he finds the soccer, presumes it harmless, and picks it up. Then he explodes. I was left wondering if that remote control soccer ball was an actual product, cause if so it is a terrible one. What the fuck would you ever use it for, except to blow up hitmen with dandruff? Best Bronson Dialogue: Immediately before blowing up Freddie “Flakes.” Kersey: Hey, Freddie, I’m going to take care of your dandruff problem for you. Was Justice Satisfactorily Handed Out: Yeah, and there was even a vaguely happy ending, as Olivia’s daughter survives. Should There Have Been A Sequel: Most definitely not. Franchise Assessment: I think any franchise was worth the time and effort if it produces something noteworthy deep into its run. Death Wish 4 had the rocket launcher death. Death Wish V had the soccer ball death. That’s enough to justify five installments for me.

And the fact that Death Wish 3 exists at all is enough of a reason for there to have been sequels, period. I can’t help but wonder, though, what else Michael Winner might have done. Is it even possible he could have kept going farther down the rabbit hole? Would Kersey himself have eventually death wished some chick? 4 and 5 are out of sync with the rest of the series. Fighting drug dealers was boring, but at least it was an attempt to escalate the pool of creeps Kersey was after. Death Wish V was thus a pretty blah way to go out. He should have had to take down the actual mafia. Or the CIA or something. Or fought Jason. I don’t know. Something more than seven lame gangsters. The franchise ranked from best to worst: Death Wish (though 3 is the one I’d most want to watch again) Death Wish 2 Death Wish 4 Death Wish 5 Up Next: …what will it be party people? Instead of doing a vote, I just want to hear suggestions and I’ll pick the one that most excites me. Let’s try and cover a lot of genres. .

Question: Who starred as Paul Kersey in the five Death Wish films?
Answer: CHARLES BRONSON