Apr 2018
So I was re watching Death Wish 3 and it left me with an impression and a few thoughts to describe it. The action movie of action movies. The sequel of sequels. One of the greatest shoot out scenes ever filmed.
Charles Bronson returns as the world's most dangerous pensioner, Paul Kersey. He's out to show the gangs who's in charge one bullet at a time and occasionally firing a rocket launcher inside an apartment building when the going gets tough enough. That's badass.
Makes Rambo look like Sesame Street. He fights in the street alongside the cops supporting him. When cops were cops and not glorified social workers.
Charles Bronson returns as the world's most dangerous pensioner, Paul Kersey. He's out to show the gangs who's in charge one bullet at a time and occasionally firing a rocket launcher inside an apartment building when the going gets tough enough. That's badass.
Makes Rambo look like Sesame Street. He fights in the street alongside the cops supporting him. When cops were cops and not glorified social workers.
Kersey has no family left, except his old friend Charlie. Of course, gangs end up taking out Charlie, so Bronson has to do what he does best. This one is more dystopian than the others, suggesting that crime is just too out of hand. Kersey starts fighting back, then the regular people start fighting back, and that leads to a mighty entertaining ending.
One thing that's always kinda wtf about this movie is how that one chick ended up dying from a broken arm. Blood clot I think?
I also like that they have a lead villain this time around. The first film features Kersey fighting common street thugs, while his main concern is not getting caught by police. He doesn't even get to kill the guys who attacked his family, as they're never seen again after that particular scene. Part 2 is also just more gangs, but part 3 features Gavan O'Herlihy (son of Dan O'Herlihy / Conal Cochran), and this dude thinks he's tough shit. That's why we need an old man to blow him away with a rocket launcher.