Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
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14% of critics liked it
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40% of users liked it
(7,934 ratings)
Charles Bronson, weary and comatose, is trotted out again as the cocked crusader Paul Kersey in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown. Director Michael Winner has jumped ship for this installment, replaced by J. Lee Thompson (who has seen better days). Kersey is back in L.A. and dating attractive reporter… More Charles Bronson, weary and comatose, is trotted out again as the cocked crusader Paul Kersey in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown. Director Michael Winner has jumped ship for this installment, replaced by J. Lee Thompson (who has seen better days). Kersey is back in L.A. and dating attractive reporter Karen Sheldon (Kay Lenz). Of course, the clock is ticking, and the gong goes off when Karen's daughter overdoses on crack. Before you can say "kaboom" the drug dealer, along with a large cast of bit players, are blown to bits by the single-minded vigilante. An enterprising publisher whose own daughter has died from a drug overdose hires Kersey to wipe out the city's two rival drug dealers and their legions of flunkies. Kersey has no trouble agreeing, and using the technique limned in Yojimbo, he methodically eliminates gang members, first from one side and then the other, until one gang's paranoia about the other gang causes the two competitors to engage in a major confrontation that impacts both groups. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- J. Lee Thompson
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Nov 6, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
more like a overtly violent after-school special rather than a cathartic vigilante movie
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
The best Death Wish movie since the first. There's more plot this time, and the bazooka finale won't be forgotten.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Give up the revenge, too much already
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...if you rent it, you'll get exactly what the box promises: Senseless violence and lots of it.
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Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse ...
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Cast
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Charles Bronson
as Paul Kersey
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Kay Lenz
as Karen Sheldon
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John P. Ryan
as Nathan White
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Perry Lopez
as Ed Zacharias
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George Dickerson
as Detective Reiner
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Soon-Teck Oh
as Detective Nozaki
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Dana Barron
as Erica Sheldon
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Jesse Dabson
as Randy Viscovich
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Robert Axelrod
as Italian Restaurant Owner
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Alan Berger
as Watchman
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Gerald Castillo
as Lieutenant Higuera
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Roydon E. Clark
as Cannery Worker
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Tom Everett
as Max Green
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Art Frankel
as Pool Party Bartender
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Margaret Howell
as Rape Victim
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Irwin Keyes
as Bauggs's Chauffeur
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Gene Lebell
as Cannery Guard
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Hector Mercado
as JoJo
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Mike Moroff
as Jack Romero
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Mark Pellegrino
as Punk
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Mitch Pileggi
as Cannery Lab Foreman
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James Purcell
as Vince Montono
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J.P. Romano
as Masked Man #2
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Tim Russ
as Jesse
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Derek Rydall
as Kid with Long Hair
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Peter Sherayko
as Nick Franco
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Danny Trejo
as Art Sanella
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Michael Wise
as Romero's Hood
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Michael Russo
as Danny Moreno
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Russell Solberg
as Police Car Driver
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Terry Ward
as White's Butler
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Dale Robinette
as Sham Cop
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Tony Borgia
as Masked Man #3/Kersey's Double
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Sheila Gale
as Nurse
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Elizabeth Scherrer
as Party Guest
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Jason Scura
as Cop
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David J. Partington
as Morgue Attendant
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Gary Rooney
as Masked Man #1
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Charles Knox Robinson III
as Editor
- Connie Hair
- Dan Ferrone
- Daniel Sabia
- David Wolos Fonteno
- Michael Wiseman
- Soon-Tek Oh
