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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987 99 min United States of America R 16+
★5.2
Crime, Action, Thriller
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Description
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
Budget:
$5M
US Gross:
$6.88M
Worldwide:
$6.88M
Starring
Charles Bronson
Actor
Kay Lenz
Actor
John P. Ryan
Actor
Key opinion
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is generally viewed as a respectable, if minor, improvement over its immediate predecessors due to a change in directorial hands and a more focused narrative. While it maintains the franchise's familiar vigilante tropes, it offers a slightly more polished execution despite ongoing criticisms of lethargic action direction.
| Originality | The film functions as a successful resurgence that improves upon the poor quality and incoherence of the previous sequels. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative makes a conscious effort to tone down the gratuitous violence against women that marred earlier entries in the series. | |
| Acting | Charles Bronson's performance is criticized for depicting the character’s decision-making as unreasonable and unnecessarily provocative. | |
| Direction | The action sequences suffer from being slow, wooden, and poorly edited, signaling a decline in the director's technical proficiency. | |
| Screenplay | The script is viewed through a mixed lens, praised for its attempt to inject new twists and internal conflict into the formula, yet criticized for its reliance on repetitive and formulaic revenge tropes. |