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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

  • 1987
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Charles Bronson in 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.
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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.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.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
    • Gail Morgan Hickman
  • Stars
    • Charles Bronson
    • Kay Lenz
    • John P. Ryan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Brian Garfield
      • Gail Morgan Hickman
    • Stars
      • Charles Bronson
      • Kay Lenz
      • John P. Ryan
    • 117User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Death Wish 4: The Crackdown: Extremely Cautious
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    Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson
    • Paul Kersey
    Kay Lenz
    Kay Lenz
    • Karen Sheldon
    John P. Ryan
    John P. Ryan
    • Nathan White
    Perry Lopez
    Perry Lopez
    • Ed Zacharias
    George Dickerson
    • Detective Reiner
    Soon-Tek Oh
    Soon-Tek Oh
    • Det. Phil Nozaki
    • (as Soon-Teck Oh)
    Dana Barron
    Dana Barron
    • Erica Sheldon
    Jesse Dabson
    Jesse Dabson
    • Randy Viscovich
    Peter Sherayko
    Peter Sherayko
    • Nick Franco
    James Purcell
    • Vince Montono
    Michael D. Russo
    • Danny Moreno
    Danny Trejo
    Danny Trejo
    • Art Sanella
    Daniel Sabia
    • Al Arroyo
    Mike Moroff
    Mike Moroff
    • Jack Romero
    Dan Ferro
    Dan Ferro
    • Tony Romero
    Tom Everett
    Tom Everett
    • Max Green
    David Fonteno
    David Fonteno
    • Frank Bauggs
    Michael Wise
    Michael Wise
    • Romero's Hood
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Brian Garfield
      • Gail Morgan Hickman
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      To cut down on the budget, the scene where Kersey goes to the cinema to meet Nathan was actually filmed at The Cannon Group, Inc.'s viewing theater.
    • Goofs
      In the morgue scene, when the body of an eighteen-year-old male is uncovered, the "corpse's" eyes visibly move.
    • Quotes

      Rapist: Who the fuck are you?

      Paul Kersey: Death!

    • Alternate versions
      German VHS release by Cannon/VMP misses an unimportant scene of 3 seconds, probably because of bad master-material. In TV airings, most of the violence has been edited out. It was also BPjM indexed (which means certain sales & advertisement restrictions) in Germany from 1989-2017, and since its deletion from that list, the original "not under 18" rating was eventually restored.
    • Connections
      Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      In Some Brazil
      Written, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Michael Bishop

    User reviews117

    Featured review
    6/10

    Crackdown indeed

    No home invasion for the first time in these. Although I guess drugs entering ones system, can be viewed as an invasion too, yes? I'll leave that up to you. The movies and Charles Bronson hit a nerve, with cracking down on criminals. Now I assume many things will not sit well with people and their views today and maybe further in the future, but it is what it is.

    When Bronson has someone near to him being harmed, he goes ballistic. Though as we know from the first movie, he does not have any love left for the people he would consider scum. This mixes a bit of what made westerns succesful. So after being inspired by Dirty Harry, this has also elements of the Man with No name trilogy by ... Clint Eastwood. At least that is what you can call Bronson playing two sides of crime families ... nice touch overall if you are not too sensitive
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    • Jul 3, 2020
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Death Wish 4
    • Filming locations
      • 10790 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA(As Frank Bauggs' home)
    • Production companies
      • The Cannon Group
      • Golan-Globus Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,880,310
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,466,557
      • Nov 8, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,880,310
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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