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Overview

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5.6/10   4,152 votes
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Director:
Michael Winner
Writers:
Don Jakoby (written by)
Brian Garfield (characters)
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Release Date:
1 November 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
He's back in New York bringing justice to the streets... more
Plot:
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police detective to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charles Bronson ... Paul Kersey

Deborah Raffin ... Kathryn Davis
Ed Lauter ... Insp. Richard S. Shriker
Martin Balsam ... Bennett Cross
Gavan O'Herlihy ... Manny Fraker

Kirk Taylor ... Giggler

Alex Winter ... Hermosa
Tony Spiridakis ... Angel

Ricco Ross ... The Cuban
Tony Britts ... Tulio
David Crean ... Hector
Nelson Fernandez ... Chaco
Alan Cooke ... Punk at Car #1
Bob Dysinger ... Punk at Car #2
Topo Grajeda ... Garcia
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Death Wish III (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Rankcolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-18 (2005) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1986) (TV version) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 (cut) (video premiere) | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (DVD rating) (uncut) (2005) | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R (re-rating on appeal) | USA:X (certificate #27868) (original rating) | Norway:15 (DVD rating) (uncut) (2005) | Germany:BPjM Restricted
Company:
Cannon Group more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Charles Bronson rarely granted interviews, or commented on his own films. However, he plainly stated his unhappiness with this film at least a few times, and was especially angered when he discovered that the director filmed extremely gory shots with extras (as nameless thugs) when he was off-set. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the riot, the cops have six-shot revolvers but fire more than six shots without reloading. more
Quotes:
Bennett: Believe it or not, this used to be a great neighborhood - till it changed. more

FAQ

What are the differences between the British BBFC 18 VHS and the uncut version?
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16 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Order your rocket launcher today!, 5 December 2005
5/10
Author: Mr Parker (spookyscribe@yahoo.com) from New York City

I'm having a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to rate this movie. As an actual film, it can't honestly score more than one star out of five. As pure cheese however, you'd have to give this movie a straight up five out of five.

This is probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The catch is, it's so bad that it's actually good. Make sense? The movie is infinitely rewatchable and you can always find something new to laugh at every time you pop this sucker in the player. There is very little to tell you about this movie other than if you haven't seen it, you need to. It's unbelievably violent and Ol' Chuck mows down at least a hundred gang members throughout the film's ninety minutes.

I can write an entire dissertation on this film but I've already seen it done on the Web on quite a few sites so I'm not going to bother. Just to remind you, the movie is so bad and unintentionally funny (watching the film again, it'd make sense if the filmmakers were going for laughs) that if you haven't seen it, you need to.

I'll leave you to ponder this one scene and decide for yourselves whether or not this movie is for you or not: Gang bikers come down the street. Angry civilians wait with a chain stretched across the road. Bikers come and are clotheslined off of their bikes when the chain is yanked upwards. While the bikers are on the floor, the civilians come out and shoot all of them, point blank while they lay writhing on the floor. Men, women and oh yes, children come out and join in the festivities, dancing around the dead bodies of the bikers.

Sigh. Instant classic.

RATING: * out of *****.

SHLOCK-O-CHEESE RATING: ***** out of *****.

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