This probably isn't the right movie to come into the Death Wish series but I feel it committed the greatest sin for an action movie: it's boring. I counted only three interesting kill scenes. Outside of having a geriatric Bronson slowly walking around, I found the entire relationship with his girlfriend to be so bizarre. She's looking for commitment, then her daughter dies from crack cocaine, and then she just disappears and isn't brought up again until the end. By that time, there's no emotional connection between the two that she might as well have been an extra.

It’s about what you expect from a B action movie from the 80s. Has some fun moments sprinkled throughout but probably not enough that I’ll be seeking a second viewing down the road.

This is what happens when a franchise starts eating its own leftovers. The acting is bad, the sets look cheap, and the whole “pit one gang against another” plot feels like somebody watched A Fistful of Dollars, missed the point completely, and then rewrote it on a napkin during a lunch break. Bronson was 65 by this point, and the movie can’t quite hide it, even while still absurdly insisting he can juggle a much younger girlfriend and mow through drug dealers like it’s 1974. Critics were not exactly kind either, with old reviews treating it as tired, cynical franchise maintenance rather than anything resembling a real comeback.   There’s still a little trashy pleasure in watching Kersey go to war, but this one feels less like a movie and more like a bargain-bin echo of the earlier films. Cheaply written, cheaply made, and clearly trying to piggyback on past glory after the horse had already left town. Not recommended.

One more. Not quite as good as the original but it has a nice twist in the storyline. Ok for fans of Bronson.

❤❤❤❤❤ - good action flick movie and entertainment too.. My rating system works: 10❤- Masterpiece 💯 9❤- Excellent 8❤ - Amazing 👌 7❤- Great 🌞 6❤ - Good 👍 5❤ - Average 🤕 4❤ - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign: 3❤ - Bad 😭 2❤- Awful :face_vomiting: 1❤ - Bull Shit