Stars:
Charles Bronson, Lesley-Anne Down, Michael ParksStoryline
New York's garment district has turns into Dodge City when mobster Tommy O'Shea muscles in on the fashion trade of his ex-wife Olivia Regent. Olivia is engaged to Paul Kersey, who provides a sense of security for herself and her daughter Chelsea. Olivia isn't impressed when Tommy tortures her manager, Big Al, so Tommy hires an enforcer named Freddie Flakes, who is a master of disguise. Freddie dons women's clothing to follow Olivia into a ladies' room, where he smashes her face into a mirror, causing permanent disfigurement. In the offices of D.A. Tony Hoyle and his associate Hector Vasquez, Paul and Olivia vow to see to it that Tommy is prosecuted. Later, Freddie and two of his men disguise themselves as cops, infiltrate Olivia's apartment, and shoot Olivia dead. Now Kersey is ready to take things into his own hands. Kersey follows Tommy's thug Chickie Paconi to the Paconi family bistro, where Kersey kills Chickie by lacing his cannelloni with cyanide. Next, Paul tricks Freddie out ...
User Reviews
A step up from the previous entry With his cousin and
long-time partner Yoram Globus gone after the private feud that errupted
when Cannon Films went bankrupt, Menahem Golan turned to schlock
producers Ami Artzi and Damian Lee to produce the fifth entry of the
series. Surprisingly, especially considering the general quality of
their output, they manage to improve on the poor quality of DEATH WISH
4. The production values (as low budget as they may be) aren't as cheap
as they were before, Bronson is a bit more lively in his performance,
and the screenplay tries more for a story of substance. What really
makes the movie fun at times is its twisted sense of humor. There's some
nice black comic-moments, such as with one particular mobster's funeral
scene, or the later plastic wrap sequence. Even better is Michael
Parks' performance as the chief bad guy. His various comments
(improvised?) about anything are hilarious, and he lays on the ham very
thickly to be a lot of fun to watch.
It still could have been
better. one of the two big problems with the movie is that it takes
about half of the movie for Bronson to start his rampage of vengeance.
Even with Parks' entertaining performance, you'll likely be squirming in
your seat with impatience for Bronson to get it on. And when he *does*
get it on, it's kind of underwhelming - there's not much of a body
count, and the length of time between kills is relentlessly padded. At
least the end results are not the worst way the series could have ended.
(By the way, Golan actually announced "Death Wish 6: The New Vigilante"
in the trade papers not long after this one was released, though his
company going bankrupt put an end to that plan.)
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