Death Wish V - The Face of Death
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Actor: Charles Bronson, Lesley-Anne Down, Lisa Inouye, Michael Dunston, Robert JoyBrand: Lions Gate
Primary Contributor: Charles Bronson
Primary Contributor: Lesley-Anne Down
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
Movie Reviews of Death Wish V - The Face of Death
Movie Review: A new direction, a new approach, and a 90s feel to close out the DW franchise.
Summary: 5 Stars
With this final entry into the Death Wish series, we find Charles Bronson in ....well....yet another situation that requires him to break out the big guns, or perhaps the poisoned cannolis and exploding soccer balls. Paul Kersey has relocated (AGAIN) to New York, this time happily engaged to fashion designer Olivia Regent (Leslie-Ann Down), but things can't stay happy for long as long as ex-husband and mobster Tommy O'Shea and his henchmen are around. O'Shea and his cronies run a protection racket in the clothing warehouse where Regent works, and the manager and some workers end up being brutalized and ultimately killed after they show signs of working with the police to take down the organization. Regent is eventually beaten up and later killed for the same reasons, which spurs our main man into action once more.
Far and away this is the most professional-looking and serious of the Death Wish sequels. While Death Wish 2 went the route of extreme bloody violence, rape, and probably the eeriest vibe of any movie I've ever watched, and Death Wish 3 and 4 went the route of hilariously-campy 80s action fare, Death Wish 5 goes for a different feel which is lent by a marvelous soundtrack and a fresh direction from director Allan Goldstein. Some people complained that Bronson barely uses guns in the movies (instead relying on booby traps, poisoned food, explosives, etc.) but it all makes for an extremely unique approach and makes it all the more entertaining. Bronson is just as awesome in this flick as any of the others in the series, and his Bronsonian vendetta just as satisfying.
In short, a perfect way to finish up one of the greatest b-movie series ever made. Charles Bronson is an absolute legend and will be greatly missed, but at least we can enjoy his cinematic output even while he has left us.
Summary of Death Wish V - The Face of Death
Paul kersey thought his battles were over but the lawless wont leave him alone. When his beautiful fiancee is brutally murdered by the mob kersey resolves to hunt down her killers l by l. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/20/2003 Starring: Charles Bronson Lesley-anne Down Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R Director: Allan A. GoldsteinDrifting as far from Michael Winner's original and interesting 1974 Death Wish as possible, this belated sequel in an often ugly series is nevertheless a harmless, fairly conventional thriller featuring a watchable cast. After his life of loss and misery at the hands of criminals, vigilante Paul Kersey is ready to settle down in romantic bliss with a fashion designer named Olivia (Lesley-Anne Down). Unfortunately, the lady happens to be the target of her mobster ex-husband (Michael Parks), who has a tight grip on New York's garment district. Disfigured and finally murdered by her former spouse, Olivia is avenged in very creative ways by Paul, who resorts to such esoterica as using a remote-controlled soccer ball to deliver an explosive punishment. Bronson largely phones it in for this potboiler, though even in the winter of his life he can look quite compelling in his stoic way. Helping to keep things interesting is Parks's kinky cruelty and Saul Rubinek's vaguely bemused performance as a well-meaning prosecutor. --Tom Keogh
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