Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

horrorgasm This is awful movie and I can only assume that the glowing reviews here are based on twisted nostalgia. I like a good over the top classic action movie as much as the next guy. I enjoyed the ridiculously cheesy and over the top Death Wish 3 and this was clearly trying to do something more in that vein, but the script, editing, and directing are just awful. They try to have Bronson playing more of a spy/detective role here, but he's completely incompetent at it, getting caught and almost dying just about every time he's trying to be stealthy. Of course he still wins anyway despite all his constant bumbling, which makes it all even worse. It's all so poorly written and inconsistent. He goes on multiple infiltration missions and inexplicably leaves all his weapons at home. On another infiltration mission he brings a silencer, but then on another mission later, one at a much bigger place, with a lot more guys in it, he brings the same gun but inexplicably without the silencer (and blows the mission and almost dies again). Why are we cheering for this character anymore? Where's the clever, capable Paul Kersey from the previous films? Not here. There are some embarrassingly bad action scenes in here too. Like that pathetic looking wine bombing part or that godawful fight scene where he hits the guy in the back with a chair and it causes the guy to take a running leap through his balcony window and over the rail about 10 feet away? These were inexcusably bad.With no worthwhile plot and no worthwhile action, what exactly is it that people like about this film? It's not entertaining even by low B-movie standards. It's just a bargain bin entry in a series that was already pushing way past its prime.

sol- Once again, Charles Bronson plays architect-turned-vigilante Paul Kersey in this fourth film in the 'Death Wish' franchise. Often cited as the weakest entry in the series, 'Death Wish 4' suffers from leaden dialogue (especially when Kersey is consoling his grief-stricken girlfriend) and limited character progression. On the plus side though, the film has a fresh and original plot with a nod towards 'Yojimbo' as Kersey is hired play off rival drug cartels against one another, leading each to believing that the other is trying to sabotage their business. Kersey has some pretty nifty weapons this time too, including an incendiary device in a wine bottle, and with the experienced J. Lee Thompson at the helm, it is a slick-looking production. The opening scene is especially remarkable with clever use of fish-eye lensing and deliberately edited cutaways (in which hoodlums appear and disappear) drumming up incredible tension. There is also well edited sequence later on in which Kersey's gun-fighting gets redirected to a local ice rink, and the open ending is pitch perfect. The plot is arguably a bit too intricate for its own good with a twist in the final third that does not necessarily add a lot to the film, though it does tie in well with the idea of Kersey being used as a pawn to dirty work that could not otherwise be done (an angle sort of explored in 'Death Wish 3' with Ed Lauter's corrupt cop). This might well be a lot different to the thought-provoking original 1974 movie, but as far as sequels go, 'Death Wish 4' is very decent of its type.

Rainey Dawn This Bronson film is not a crime-thriller like the first two films. This 4th film is more like Death Wish III - it's all action and not much of a story. Like the 3rd film in the series, this 4th film has Paul Kersey (Bronson) kicking the bad-guy's. The movie is good if you want a movie that is mainly all action - gun shooting and things being blown up - then Death Wish 4 is a good choice to watch. Film bonus: You will get to watch an 80's arcade room shot up in this film.I personally am more into the first two films which are good crime-thrillers and great vigilante stories. Starting from Death Wish III forward - the film saga turns into simply shoot-them-up action without the great stories like the first two flicks in the series.5/10

TheMarwood In terms of craft this is a major step up from part 3, but it's a lazy film from talented people that just seem to be going through the motions. I'm not expecting a masterpiece called Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, but franchise fatigue bogs this bore down. The over the top camp of part 3 has been toned down to near flat-line levels and the plot twists are either telegraphed a mile away or nonsense. Simply nothing is memorable. Cannon films was near bankrupt by the time part 4 went into production and reduced the budget from the already threadbare budgets of the previous films. The result is having the script limit the story to a few lame locations that they either got for cheap or probably knew the property owner - like the oil field. After a decade of being in low budget exploitation director's jail, this is a easy money grab and a lazy job from J. Lee Thompson.