Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

R

Released Nov 6, 1987

1h 39m

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Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson), who is no stranger to vigilante justice, is pulled back into the underworld of Los Angeles when the daughter of his new girlfriend, Karen (Kay Lenz), dies after an overdose of crack cocaine. Intent on seeing justice served, Paul goes after the kingpin who ultimately supplied the crack. As he hunts down the kingpin's minions, Paul starts taking out a large part of the city's drug-dealing population on a violent killing spree.

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Juan Carlos Coto

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

In this by-the-numbers revenge fantasy, Bronson delivers the expected crash-and-bang picture (perfect for popcorn munching), but except for a catchy opening and some twists near the end, Death Wish 4 has few surprises.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 19, 2021

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

more like a overtly violent after-school special rather than a cathartic vigilante movie

Rated: 3/5

Aug 22, 2012

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

The best Death Wish movie since the first. There's more plot this time, and the bazooka finale won't be forgotten.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 26, 2005

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Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan

Give up the revenge, too much already

Rated: 2/5

Oct 23, 2004

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a decent-enough entry within a far-from-flawless series of movies.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 1, 2003

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, as cenas são bacaninhas, a história é fraca, o elenco é bacaninha, e metade do elenco ajudou a melhorar o filme, os personagens são bacaninhas, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, esse filme foi um pouco melhor do que o terceiro filme, e foi o primeiro filme da Franquia Death Wish que não teve nudez, com tudo isso, eu recomendo esse filme.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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Kristian B

Love this movie and it has more action sequences and the story lines up very well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/09/25

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Bruno V

This franchise has not been sustainable since the end of Matyr's Desire2. - The director insists on showing in this film that revenge is unnecessary, the plot is shallow and that only the CENTRAL character will bring JUSTICE.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/25

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Daniel C. M

A personal favorite of mine. Underrated as heck and just as good as the first and the 2nd best movie in the franchise behind the first. The pacing of this movie is perfect and starts off very quick. It gives you exactly what it promises: one badass action sequence after another with little time to rest. J. Lee Thompson direction was perfect and should've sticked for Death Wish 5. Out off all the things you can say about this movie, "boring" certainly isn't one of them. The script is EXTREMELY dumb, but that is forgiven considering all the previously mentioned.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Robson C

Depois que a filha da sua namorada morre de overdose, Paul Kersey volta à sua vida de vigilante. Um velho milionário o contrata para destruir as duas gangues que controlam o tráfico de droga na cidade. Há uma certa melhora nesse filme. O roteiro apresenta antagonistas para Kersey. Há boas sequências de ação(em comparação com o filme anterior onde Kersey e os bandidos descarregavam todo o pente de balas e nenhum tiro acertava o alvo) e um plot twist.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/01/24

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Liam D

Continue the B movie style of the Cannon set of Death Wish movies. This does try at least to have an story and character depth but still is the typical formula

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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Synopsis

Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson), who is no stranger to vigilante justice, is pulled back into the underworld of Los Angeles when the daughter of his new girlfriend, Karen (Kay Lenz), dies after an overdose of crack cocaine. Intent on seeing justice served, Paul goes after the kingpin who ultimately supplied the crack. As he hunts down the kingpin's minions, Paul starts taking out a large part of the city's drug-dealing population on a violent killing spree.

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Producer: Pancho Kohner
Screenwriter: Gail Morgan Hickman
Production Co: Cannon Films, Golan-Globus Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 6, 1987, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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