Death Wish II

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Farah R Repeating the exact same plot in the sequel must be number one in what not to do in a sequel handbook. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/30/25 Full Review Kristian B Very entertaining and has a lot more action to it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review Bruno V Brutal and disturbing, then the alter egg takes charge of alleviating the pain and disgust of the scum who don't even deserve the air they breathe. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Wayne K 8 whole years after landing his biggest hit with Death Wish, Charles Bronson returned for Death Wish 2, and in a series that would include 3 more films, the law of diminishing returns was already taking effect. His first film, while bloody and violent, had an obvious emotional centre, revolving around a decent man driven to extremes by the world around him. The sequel is basically a retread, just with a different family member being killed, and Kersey’s quest for vengeance unfolding in a much more perfunctory manner. I’ll give the film credit; this time Paul is actually taking revenge on the people who wronged him, not on those who simply share the same criminal occupation. The film has no arc for the characters, and no connective tissue for the plot. As much fun as it is to see a sexagenarian Charlie Bronson shoot his way through a gang of cartoonish baddies, there’s nowhere near as much emotional investment as there was before. It doesn’t help that they try to convince us that a man in his 60s could not only hold his own in a fight with someone less than half his age, but also convincingly beat him. There’s fun to be had with the killings, but when it’s over it doesn’t have much of an impact, because not enough was done to make us care about it. Its quite a step down from the original and, if the reviews are to be believed, things certainly didn’t get any better moving forward. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/25 Full Review Liam D Taking all the wrong lessons from the original Death Wish. Instead of being an cautionary tale about Vigilantism its now an standard cannon exploitation film that has no soul Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/27/24 Full Review NiB Y Badassery levels pumped up to the next level. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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