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| "Bronson's on the loose again!" |
Plot;
Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) now lives in Los Angeles and has moved on with his life since the violent crimes his wife and daughter endured. Kersey is now dating a news reporter Geri Nichols (Jill Ireland). Kersey goes to the hospital to pick up his daughter, the doctor gives some positive news despite the catatonia Carol can now speak. They all decide to go to the carnival and have a day out but while Paul is waiting in line to buy ice cream he is pick pocketed by 5 thugs from a gang. Paul runs after one of them and catches him but the gangster denies stealing his wallet, he lets him go.
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| A day at the carnival. |
Geri then has to leave to go to an interview so Paul and Carol decide to go on a boat ride. While this is happening the 5 thugs that stole Paul's wallet has found his address. They knock on the door and the maid opens it, they break into the house and brutally assault the maid. They take turns in raping her and they then kill her. They wait for Paul to arrive back home, Paul then arrives back with his daughter and one of the thugs knock him out. They kidnap his daughter and take her to the gang's hideout where they attempt to rape her. Carol tries to get away and jumps out the window but is then impaled by a spike on the railing.
Paul then awakes to find Geri has returned home and the maid's body lying in the living room. The police arrive and question Paul about the muggers and they need his help to identify them. The police officer then gives Paul the bad news that his daughter has been murdered, he then says "what is the point?".
Paul yet again takes the law into his own hands and takes his handgun which was hidden in his closet. He then goes to a lower part of town and rents out a cheap apartment where he can change into his vigilante clothes and keep his guns. The next night Paul spots one of the muggers and decides to follow him back to an abandoned house, where he spots a drug deal happening. Paul shoots and kills one of the men and orders the rest to leave and kills the mugger.
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| Justice is served. |
The next night Paul is on the streets yet again. He hears a scream and spots muggers attacking a man and a woman. Paul recognizes one of the muggers that he chased at the carnival. The muggers try to rape the girl but Paul then shoots two of them and wounds the mugger he saw a few days before. The mugger runs away and Paul follows the blood trial until he is at an abandoned warehouse and shoots him dead.
The Los Angeles police hear about these murders and so does the New York police department. Detective Frank Ochoa (Vincent Gardenia) is called to help, as Kersey is their number 1 suspect. Detective Frank fearing Paul might talk about their earlier experience together when caught, the NYPD decide to send him to get Paul. Detective Frank arrives in L.A and breaks into Geri's apartment, he then decides to tell her about Paul's vigilante past. Geri later confronts Paul about his past and he denies it and says Frank is just joking around.
Detective Frank then starts to follow Kersey when Paul sees the 3 remaining muggers who attacked him and killed his daughter. Kersey starts to follow the gang while detective frank is on his tail. Paul then waits in the bushes while the drug deal happens, then detective frank runs out to protect Paul and gets shot a few times. Paul kills everybody on the scene except for one last mugger that gets away. Detective Frank then explains why he sided with Paul and dies, Paul runs away from the scene.
The police then set up a sting to catch the remaining mugger and it is successful, only after the mugger kills several police officers while on PCP. The doctors then examine him and say he is found criminally insane and is sent to a hospital. Paul and Geri visit the hospital and request an interview with him but are denied access. Paul then steals the doctors ID. The next day Paul takes Geri out for dinner and proposes to her and she accepts. During the night Paul goes back to the hospital and pretends to be a doctor to get access to the mugger. They get into a violent struggle and Paul throws the mugger into an electric shock machine which kills him.
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| Shocking! |
An orderly witnesses this but does not sound the alarm straight away and lets Paul go because he sympathizes with him. Geri then goes to Paul's apartment to find a copy of the doctor's ID and sees the murder of the mugger on TV. She throws away the ring as she realizes Paul is the vigilante. A few months later Paul is back to work, at the end scene we see a silhouette and then a few gun shots are heard which tells us that he continues to walk the streets.
Extras;
Only a theatrical Trailer.
1/5
Picture Quality;
The picture quality is great and true to the source. As this is a low budget film grain is visible through every scene. Detail is amazing and there is no digital manipulation.
4/5
Audio Quality;
The audio track is a 1.0 mono lossless track. The sound is clear and no audio drop outs are present.
3.5/5
While this sequel had a lot to live up to due to the first being such a classic it does a good job of continuing the story of the vigilante. It is definitely far from being the worst that Cannon has produced and the magic is still there between director Michael Winner and actor Charles Bronson. Overall the film does not go too far from reality but some scenes will get you thinking "how is that possible?" This may only be the true sequel to Death Wish as the others to follow get more crazy, outlandish and wackier which most have come to see from the Cannon Group during the 80s.
Recommended!
Andrew
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