Review of Death Wish II (1982) by Dc F — 15 Feb 2013
A sequel to the highly successful first Death Wish film in 1974, the sequel was picked up by Cannon Films (alarm bells ringing) and they even called back it's original director Michael Winner (more alarm bells) and Charles Bronson to do a second one.
The original Death Wish was a very good film, but to do a sequel, and in this case there were a few, was just silly. You can only take a vigilante so far. It now begins a few years down the line from the first film, and architect Paul Kersey (Bronson) is now living in Los Angeles, he has a girlfriend with radio reporter Geri Nichols (Jill Ireland, Bronson's real wife), and his daughter Carol (Robin Sherwood) is still recovering from what happened to her a few years back.
When Kersey is mugged, and he takes on the gang members, they get their own back by raping his housemaid, then kidnapping his daughter and killing her. :O The police won't do anything, so Kersey heads out again as vigilante to clean up the streets.
It's a very stupid and disgusting film that sends out the wrong messag entirely, the rape sequence is one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen. And the death of one of the gang members is so laughable, it makes you wonder why Winner was allowed to make films in the first place.
This review of Death Wish II (1982) was written by Dc F on 15 Feb 2013.
Death Wish II has generally received mixed reviews.
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