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- 1982
- Unrated
- Filmways Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 1982
- Unrated
- Filmways Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Michael Winner
Written By: David Engelbach, Brian Garfield, Michael Winner
- 1982
- Unrated
- Filmways Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
- 1982
- Unrated
- Filmways Pictures
- 1 h 29 m
Death Wish II
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5.9
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Michael Winner
Written By: David Engelbach, Brian Garfield, Michael Winner
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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0% Mixed
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100% Negative
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7 Reviews
Charles Bronson, as the avenging vigilante Paul Kersey, is turned loose this time on the creeps of Los Angeles and the results are every bit as revolting as in the original 1974 jackpot fantasy.
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User Score
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Based on 20 User Ratings
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A rotten 89 minutes of night photography and close-ups of a man with the face of a dessicated bulldog. There's no kick, just sick: people who weren't being paid to watch walked out of the screening. [23 Apr 1982, p.13]
The shamelessly rehashed Death Wish II finds Kersey in L.A., methodically hunting down those responsible for his daughter’s death (just as she’s recovering from her assault in the first Death Wish).
Even more foolish, more tacky and more self righteously inhumane than the 1974 melodrama off which it has been spun by the none-too-nimble fingers of Michael Winner, who directed the original film.
The language is filthy, the film is simpleminded, and Bronson's character is as despicable as those he murders. Death Wish II wades in gore and violence, exploiting hatred, fear, and mass murder.
What's most shocking about Death Wish II is the lack of artistry and skill in the filmmaking. The movie is underwritten and desperately underplotted, so that its witless action scenes alternate with lobotomized dialogue passages. The movie doesn't contain an ounce of life. It slinks onto the screen and squirms for a while, and is over.
Production Company
Golan-Globus Productions,
Landers-Roberts Productions,
City Films,
American-European Productions
Release Date Feb 19, 1982
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Unrated
Tagline First His Wife. Now His Daughter. It's Time To Even The Score!
Website
https://www.zafer2.com
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
