Death Wish 5

Starring:Charles Bronson, Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Dunston, Lisa Inouye, Robert Joy, Elena Kudaba, Erica Lancaster, Kevin Lund, Andrea Mann, Jefferson Mappin, Michael Parks, Claire Rankin, Saul Rubinek, Miguel Sandoval, Chuck Shamata, Sharolyn Sparrow, Scott Spidell, Anna Starnino, Kenneth Welsh
Studio: Front Row Video, Inc
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Drifting as far from Michael Winner's original and interesting 1974 Death Wish as possible, this belated sequel in an often ugly series is nevertheless a harmless, fairly conventional thriller featuring a watchable cast. After his life of loss and misery at the hands of criminals, vigilante Paul Kersey is ready to settle down in romantic bliss with a fashion designer named Olivia (Lesley-Anne Down). Unfortunately, the lady happens to be the target of her mobster ex-husband (Michael Parks), who has a tight grip on New York's garment district. Disfigured and finally murdered by her former spouse, Olivia is avenged in very creative ways by Paul, who resorts to such esoterica as using a remote-controlled soccer ball to deliver an explosive punishment. Bronson largely phones it in for this potboiler, though even in the winter of his life he can look quite compelling in his stoic way. Helping to keep things interesting is Parks's kinky cruelty and Saul Rubinek's vaguely bemused performance as a well-meaning prosecutor. --Tom Keogh
Album Description
Canadian DVD of the final film in the Death Wish series. Starring Charles Bronson & Lesley-Anne Down. Originally released in 1994.

Death Wish 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Collection (5 Pack)
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Death Wish 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Collection (5 Pack)

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Part 1: Widescreen

Part 2-5: Full Screen

Language: English

5 Disc Set

ASIN: B000REOCSA

Product Description

Part 1: In this explosive story of revenge and urban violence, Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal who has a change of opinion after his wife and daughter are violently attacked by a gang of thugs in their apartment. His daughter is raped, his wife raped and murdered. Bronson then turns vigilante as he stalks the mean streets of New York on the prowl for muggers, hoodlums and the like. A violent, controversial film which is frank and original in its treatment of urban crime and the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with it. ~~~~~~~ Part 2: Charles Bronson returns with a vengeance in this sequel to the popular crime thriller DEATH WISH. Bronson reprises his role as vigilante Paul Kersey, whose family is once again victimized after moving to Los Angeles from New York. Kersey is mugged by a gang of street punks who later break into his home and brutally assault his maid and daughter, resulting in their deaths. ~~~~~~~ Part 3: Paul Kersey has moved from LA to New York City to escape the crime and begin anew. But after an dear friend is murdered, the architect-turned-vigilante begins to deliver his own inimitable kind of street justice. The rugged Mr. Bronson is back again as Paul Kersey, the Korean War vet who loves to lure street thugs to surprise endings. ~~~~~~~ Part 4: When his girlfriend's daughter overdoses on toxic "crack," vigilante Paul Kersey explodes into action in an all-out war to exterminate the cocaine network in L.A. ~~~~~~~ Part 5: Aging ex-vigilante Paul Kersey has made a quiet life for himself: he's now a teacher, and engaged to a lovely woman, Olivia. But when Olivia's clothing business is menaced by mobsters -- led by her sadistic ex-husband -- Paul reverts to his old gun-totin', thug-wastin' tendencies, as he attempts to deliver his own brand of justice in a variety of grisly ways.

Average customer rating:

ONE OF MY NUMBER ONE ACTORS
Reuss in Loomis
Vengance is Mine...
Much better than DW3
Not a bad film, but still the weakest of the series

Death Wish 5
Starring: Charles Bronson , Lesley-Anne Down , Michael Dunston , Lisa Inouye , and Robert Joy
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ASIN: B00005MM6F
Release Date: 2001-06-25

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Drifting as far from Michael Winner's original and interesting 1974 Death Wish as possible, this belated sequel in an often ugly series is nevertheless a harmless, fairly conventional thriller featuring a watchable cast. After his life of loss and misery at the hands of criminals, vigilante Paul Kersey is ready to settle down in romantic bliss with a fashion designer named Olivia (Lesley-Anne Down). Unfortunately, the lady happens to be the target of her mobster ex-husband (Michael Parks), who has a tight grip on New York's garment district. Disfigured and finally murdered by her former spouse, Olivia is avenged in very creative ways by Paul, who resorts to such esoterica as using a remote-controlled soccer ball to deliver an explosive punishment. Bronson largely phones it in for this potboiler, though even in the winter of his life he can look quite compelling in his stoic way. Helping to keep things interesting is Parks's kinky cruelty and Saul Rubinek's vaguely bemused performance as a well-meaning prosecutor. --Tom Keogh

Album Description

Canadian DVD of the final film in the Death Wish series. Starring Charles Bronson & Lesley-Anne Down. Originally released in 1994.

Customer Reviews:

ONE OF MY NUMBER ONE ACTORS.......2007-06-08

FOR SOMEONE THAT LIKES MOVIES CHARLES BRONSON IS A GREAT ACTOR YOU CAN'T GO WRONG ON ANY OF HAS MOVIES.

Reuss in Loomis.......2007-02-18

I like Charles Bronson. Amazon.com has all his movies and they ship my orders fast and efficient! Thanks, Reuss.......

Vengance is Mine..........2007-01-18

If you like revenge, you'll love this. Ive always loved the "Good" guys go after the bad ones. That'll teach them to fool around with others. I rate this and all like this fantastic. It kind of removes my frustration, especially when I think of all the bad people living on this earth. 'Do Unto Others" My Adopted Motto!

Much better than DW3.......2006-12-01

This movie is so much better than the third. There is more of a plot to this one and most of the actors are much better than in the previous DW. Bronson looks great and is as wonderful as ever as Paul Kersey.

Not a bad film, but still the weakest of the series.......2006-09-04

In the context of the Death Wish Series, Death Wish V: The Face of Death is definitely the weakest entry. On its own, this isn't a bad action-thriller, especially if you're a Charles Bronson fan. But it doesn't have the entertainingly squalid gang caricatures or brutality of the first two films, it doesn't have the war-like scale of the third and fourth films, and it doesn't have the tongue in cheek qualities of the third or the playful meta-level irony of the fourth. Bronson also doesn't have the same intensity or charisma here, particularly in the earlier sections of the film, although the final reels are satisfying enough.

This time around, Bronson and crew went for a fairly straightforward action-thriller film in a typical early 1990s style. The basic Death Wish plot elements are still there (see my review of Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) for a summary), but with respect to those elements, they're a bit bare bones this time. To make things a bit different, Death Wish V is more of a mob film. The threat comes from Bronson's new significant others' ex-husband. Bronson's beau is a famous fashion designer, and her ex worked himself into her businesses to use them as a money-laundering front.

For most viewers, Death Wish V probably unfolds a bit too predictably. You know how Death Wish films tend to go, and you know how action-thrillers and mob films tend to go. There aren't many surprises on any end. Given how straightforward the film is, it may have been a mistake to not give Bronson a larger number of opponents to battle. But the army of thugs thing had been done a couple times previously, and it was probably felt that they had to do something different. When different amounts to pedestrian and formulaic, though, and you can't think of a novel angle instead, it's not a bad idea to give viewers more of the same, as contradictory as that sounds.

Still, there are one or two surprises here, the "set pieces" are all very well constructed, there are a couple pretty brutal scenes, and a few action sequences are intense.

Death Wish V should be watched with lowered expectations, but it should still be watched.

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