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Summary: PLEASE GET THIS ON DVD!
Review: If MGM home video is listening out there, PLEASE release this on DVD with the widescreen treatment it deserves. And how about Michael Winner commentary? I am begging you. There is such a devoted fan base to the series (especially this film) that it would be an instant best-seller.As for the film, it is a masterpiece. Never before have cartoonish violence, humor, and hammy acting come together in such a wonderful mix. My candidate for the funniest film of all-time.
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Summary: BRONSON RETURNS TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE
Review: Poor old Bronson doesn't have much luck. His friends and family keep getting murdered by low lifes. By this entry though he has no family left because his wife and daughter were killed in the first two movies. In this entry Bronson is visting an old army buddy, but when he arrives at his house he finds his friend's battered corpse. Immediately the cops burst in and arrest him, he is allowed to go free only if he wipes out the evil Straker and his fascistic gang. This is a pretty bad movie, though it has a welcome lacing of humor in it (well, I thought the guy getting a nail through his head was pretty funny) and some ludicrous dialogue, as well as an absurdly high body count. Unlike the disgusting DW2 (which I think is marginally better) it doesn't rely so much on sexual violence to repulse the viewer. Keep your eyes peeled for Alex Winter of the BILL & TED movies as a bad guy, and ST:TNG's Marina Sirtis as a rape victim.
The music is once again by Jimmy Page.
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Summary: So bad it's funny.
Review: Death Wish 3 has to be a parody, nothing can be this stupid and be meant to be taken seriously. Paul Kersey returns to New York just has the old war buddy he is going to visit is beaten to death by thugs. Of course the cops think Kersey did it and arrest him. The precinct captain (Ed Lauter!) recognizes Kersey and hires him to snuff out bad guys. High/low point is when Kersey guns down a mugger (called The Giggler) on a crowded street and every one of the dozens of witnesses cheers and applauds as triumphant music swells. This HAS to be a parody of Death Wish. Director Michael Winner could not have meant for this to be taken seriously. Could he?
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Summary: Great Self Parody
Review: I'll have to admit that even though many enjoyed seeing Charles Bronson (architect/vigilante Paul Kersey) wipe the streets clear of scum in DEATH WISH II it was just a little too demented as director Michael Winner took it way too seriously. In DEATH WISH 3 Michael Winner takes his central character Paul Kersey into a much more tongue-in-cheek theatre of operation. I found this movie to be great entertainment because it is just so implausible and ridiculous. Bronson returns to New York City, gets arrested for a murder he did not commit, but is set loose by police captain (Ed Lauter) who wants Kersey to clean up the neighborhood of assorted creeps and weirdoes. The neighborhood, or what's left of it, is a vast wasteland of burned-out tenement buildings occupied by terrified old people. As Bronson takes up residency he starts building traps to keep the creeps out (one trap even resembles a giant mousetrap). Deborah Raffin plays Kathryn, some kind of social worker or whatever. She has a ridiculous short-lived love affair with Bronson and ends up as one of the film's many sacrificial lambs. Bronson befriends Martin Balsam an upstairs neighbor who keeps a couple of machine guns in his closet. In the mean time the gang leader Fraker (Gavan O'Herlihy in a real psychotic performance) wants to destroy the entire neighborhood. You have to see it to believe it. What else can I say?
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Summary: Charlie B is somebody's Grandpa
Review: Amazing. The finest of the Death Wish series. Paul is the one of the finest characters in all of fiction. What is better than a sixty year old man who blows people away. He is hard, no one can fade him. I offer a brief descripption of my favorite scenes. Paul is eating dinner at an elderly couples home whe he is alerted to a disturbance at his automobile. He calmly walks outside and is confronted by thugs. He wets them like it was cool, and walks back inside to finish his dinner unphased. The best thing is that he is happy about it. Next, he is walking down the street with his camera. The giggler snatches it and runs down the street cackling. Does this bother our hero? Of course not, he throws down and shoots the giggler in the back with Wildy. Once again, he is not is not bothered by this. The standoff with the villain in the end is the best. The bad guy is standing in front of paul, who is seated comfortably on a recliner/chair, with a pistol. Expressionless, Paul reaches behind the chair and draws his bazooka. The villain must not be much of a gunfighter because he stands dumfounded as Paul proceeds to shoot him at close range with a missile. Since Paul can never fade, he is unharmed by the blast. When I am old, I hope to be as half as hard as Charles Bronson.
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Summary: As Time Goes By
Review: Ever wonder what goes on in the minds of old action heros as time passes them by? This power fantasy/wish fulfillment flick has Chuck holing up in an old fogey community blasting away at the post WW2 generational flotsam and jetsom--hippy bikers and punk rockers. When Chuck takes out the bullet proofed gang leader with a bazooka, you know you've reached an epiphany in film making. It's a pity that the buddhist monk who figured out that Steven Seagal was the contemporary incarnation of Terton Rinpoche didn't see this movie.
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Summary: HAHAAHAAAHAAAAHA...
Review: ...AAHAAHAAAAA!!! May I give this ten stars? Come on, ten stars for -- CHARLES BRONSON!!! as architect/superhero PAUL KERSEY -- ED LAUTER as police captain/superhero SHRIKER -- GAVAN O`HERLIHY as gang leader/super villain FRAKER -- MARTIN BALSAM as Kersey`s friend/vietnam veteran BENNET -- Kersey`s buddy RODRIGUEZ -- The GIGGLER -- Charie shooting the escaping Giggler in the back -- Charlie shooting two guys who only want to steal his car -- Charlie shooting about 200 other bad guys with a handgun called "Wildey", a gatling gun and a bazooka while Rodriguez` only weapon is a self-made "stick" gun -- Memorable quotes like "I owe you that one, DUDE!" or "This is MY prison and I am the law!" -- being absolutely no law-and-order movie -- not containig any form of senseless violence -- tons of goofs -- superb original score by Jimmy Page -- being even better than "Zwei Männer räumen auf!" starring Marc Binder, Moritz Heck and me -- ... -- ... ... BEST BRONSON MOVIE EVER! BUY IT!
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Summary: Get this film on DVD immediately!
Review: Let's get the letter-writing campaign to MGM going right this minute! Of all the films made in the last twenty years, this contains the highest entertainment value of them all. I will venture way into left field and say that this is flawless filmmaking by a genius, Mr. Michael Winner. Bronson gives the most inspiring performance I have ever seen. Do you like to laugh? Do you like your films with equal doses of silliness and outrageous action? EASILY the best of the series and worth purchasing right this minute.
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Summary: Guilty pleasure cinema begins and ends with this film.....
Review: For all of those in the know, the rewards go without saying. Few films are this unintentionally hilarious, charming, and full of endlessly quotable dialogue. For the uninitiated, let me say only this: no would would ever mistake Charles Bronson for a Shakespearean actor, but no one else could have literally carried a film to this extent with so little dialogue. THAT is power, if not genius. Everything works, from the supporting performances to the over-the-top action sequences. And most important, this film demands multiple viewings, for it never gets tiresome and the impact of sheer giddy joy never lessens.
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Summary: Classic Bronson
Review: If you like action movies check this one out,as the action is cartoonish,like when Bronson takes out a old world war 2 machine gun and starts mowing down the bad guys.but my funniest bit has Bronson getting ready to fight the bad guys by putting on a bullitproof vest and arming himself to the teeth,yet when his friend comes by to help him armed with only a zip gun ,Bronson does not offer him any of his arsenal of weapons!.
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