Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Writers:

Brian Garfield (characters), Gail Morgan Hickman

Stars:

Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charles Bronson	...	Paul Kersey
Kay Lenz	...	Karen Sheldon
John P. Ryan	...	Nathan White
Perry Lopez	...	Ed Zacharias
George Dickerson	...	Detective Reiner
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Det. Phil Nozaki (as Soon-Teck Oh)
Dana Barron	...	Erica Sheldon
Jesse Dabson	...	Randy Viscovich
Peter Sherayko	...	Nick Franco
James Purcell	...	Vince Montono
Michael Russo	...	Danny Moreno
Danny Trejo	...	Art Sanella
Daniel Sabia	...	Al Arroyo
Mike Moroff	...	Jack Romero
Dan Ferro	...	Tony Romero

Storyline

Paul Kersey, LA architect and part-time vigilante, is fed up with violence and wants a quiet life. However, when friend's daughter dies of overdose, he has no choice but to go to war on drug dealers.

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | reporter | drug dealer | bumper car | police | 

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Taglines:

The vigilante is back - with a vengeance

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Death Wish 4 - Das Weiße im Auge

Filming Locations:

The Longford Condominiums - 10790 Wilshire Boulevard - Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$6,880,310 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min 91 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The studio, Cannon, wanted a more muscular sounding score for the action scenes and decided to re-use much of the music from their past action efforts Missing in Action (1984) and Invasion U.S.A. (1985).

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Goofs

During the shootout at the oil field, a man's head goes through the side window of a vehicle. It is obviously not normal side window safety glass since it breaks as if it was regular window pane glass.

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Quotes

Ed Zacharias: [shaking his birthday present box] Should I call the bomb squad?

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Connections

References Manhunter (1986)

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Soundtracks

In Some Brazil
Written, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Michael Bishop

User Reviews

nothing new, but entertaining

After death wish 2 and 3 came out, the series seemed, to well, have a death wish. 2 was unremarkable, and 3 cared more about a very high body count then anything. Unlike in 3, the relationship between Kay Lenz's character and Kersey doesn't seemed forced, doesn't seem like ti was tacked on like the third entry. the fourth entry seemed to be a better level then the previous. Not as good as the first, face it, hardly any action flick with a vigilanty storyline as been as good as the first death wish, the 4th one makes kersey a little more human. You want him to find those responsible for the death of his girlfriends's teen daughter. You cheer when he gets the bad guy. Personally, I would to have loved to have seen a little more interaction between Bronson and Soon Tek-oh, perhaps one of the most underrated supporting actors in movie history. Overall a decent little flick that doesn't try to outsmart itself.