Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Reviews

1987

Rated:
50
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Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) returns to wage war against drug delaers Read more

Starring	Charles Bronson, Dana Barron, Danny Trejo, Kay Lenz
Director	J. Lee Thompson
Genres	Action/Adventure

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Critics' reviews (3) of Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
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Crusading vigilante architect Charles Bronson cleans up three crack-dealing LA syndicates after one causes the death of his girlfriend's (Kay Lenz) daughter in this shoddily staged sequel. J Lee Thompson takes over the directing ropes from Michael Winner and incredibly does an even lousier job marshalling the brain-damaged plot, inane dialogue and abruptly senseless violence. Awful.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
When his girlfriend's daughter dies of a coke overdose, semi-retired vigilante Bronson deals out some summary justice... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Repetitious violence, with little narrative, other than villains being set up so that they can be mown down.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Charlie Boy the Man

Switch of your brain and turn on your sense of humour then unlike the radio times critic you'll actually enjoy Death Wish 4. The characters are so spoofed on real life gangsters that you chuckle the whole way through this action bonanza. The amount of times Charlie makes an a*** of his plans to infiltrate the gangs and gets away with it just add to the enjoyment. The shoot out at the oil wells that see's 6 gangsters turn up on each side only for 20 odd to actually shoot it out again only increases the fun. Not a bad twist at the end to be fair and well it's Charlie Bronson, you've gotta love him. Classic 80s non PC action briliance, I love it!!
- - David H from Gourock, Scotland
  - Posted 30 Dec 2005 15:46

1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Charlie Boy the Man

Switch of your brain and turn on your sense of humour then unlike the radio times critic you'll actually enjoy Death Wish 4. The characters are so spoofed on real life gangsters that you chuckle the whole way through this action bonanza. The amount of times Charlie makes an a*** of his plans to infiltrate the gangs and gets away with it just add to the enjoyment. The shoot out at the oil wells that see's 6 gangsters turn up on each side only for 20 odd to actually shoot it out again only increases the fun. Not a bad twist at the end to be fair and well it's Charlie Bronson, you've gotta love him. Classic 80s non PC action briliance, I love it!!
- - David H from Gourock, Scotland
  - Posted 30 Dec 2005 15:46

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Critics' reviews (3)
Crusading vigilante architect Charles Bronson cleans up three crack-dealing LA syndicates after one causes the death of his girlfriend's (Kay Lenz) daughter in this shoddily staged sequel. J Lee Thompson takes over the directing ropes from Michael Winner and incredibly does an even lousier job marshalling the brain-damaged plot, inane dialogue and abruptly senseless violence. Awful.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
When his girlfriend's daughter dies of a coke overdose, semi-retired vigilante Bronson deals out some summary justice... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Repetitious violence, with little narrative, other than villains being set up so that they can be mown down.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006