Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown the fourth movie in Death Wish franchise is criminally underrated and misunderstood action flick from The Cannon Group, Inc. of the 80s. It is a good movie it is not the best or great but it is a decent good movie. Paul Kersey avenges all the children that have died an over dose from drugs that is why I love this film to death! It is my favorite action film the movie that grow on me. This movie has special place in my heart it is my favorite Charles Bronson film of all time. J. Lee Thompson beautiful directed this film it arguably his good film.This is the original Punisher not Frank Castle Jon Bernthal but Paul Kersey is The Punisher. You watch Jon Bernthal as The Punisher (2017) I watch Charles Bronson Death Wish 4: The Crackdown film. It is arguably my favorite and so underrated action flick I really miss movies like are this one today I miss action movies like are this one. I am a huge fan of Charles Bronson I have been watching his movies since I was a kid and Death Wish series are my favorite film series. Death Wish 1,2,3 and 4 were really good misunderstood action movies. "DEATH!"Death Wish 4: The Crackdown it is my favorite Charles Bronson action film in the 80's. Michael Winner, who directed the first three films in the series, was replaced by J. Lee Thompson. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown had a substantially lower budget and a more limited release than its predecessors. Even with a low budget the film for me works I really miss the 80's. The movie and the character Paul Kersey. Paul Kersey kill's the bad guys drug dealers for all the children and that's all the movie tells you. Charles Bronson acts brilliant and does a fine solid job. John P. Ryan is a perfectly bad guy. Soon-Tek Oh plays a corrupt cop he plays decent the bad guy. Kay Lenz was beautiful and decent perfectly as the new girlfriend of Paul Kersey. Perry Lopez as the bad guy was also excellent. George Dickerson as detective Reiner was excellent cop i have seen and a real good guy. Almost everyone who played in this movie is dead and it is no longer with us anymore. This movie has my respect. The movie has tons of action and explosions Paul (Charles Bronson) uses a M16 with M203 grenade launcher to go after Nathan White (John Ryan) and his men at the roller rink. He shoots the bad guys and he blows Nathan White with grenade launcher to pieces. I miss action movies like this, this were real practical effects real actions no CGI crap all real actions. Is it just me or this is just my action movie? I love Paul Kersey he kills all the bad guys with machine gun MAC-10 and kills all the drug dealers. The movie has a beautiful score that I love from John Bisharat, Paul McCallum and Valentine McCallum.Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is an American 1987 action crime film, and the fourth installment in the Death Wish film series. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson, and features Charles Bronson, who reprises his leading role as Paul Kersey.9/10 Grade: A

Once again, Charles Bronson plays architect-turned-vigilante Paul Kersey in this fourth film in the 'Death Wish' franchise. Often cited as the weakest entry in the series, 'Death Wish 4' suffers from leaden dialogue (especially when Kersey is consoling his grief-stricken girlfriend) and limited character progression. On the plus side though, the film has a fresh and original plot with a nod towards 'Yojimbo' as Kersey is hired play off rival drug cartels against one another, leading each to believing that the other is trying to sabotage their business. Kersey has some pretty nifty weapons this time too, including an incendiary device in a wine bottle, and with the experienced J. Lee Thompson at the helm, it is a slick-looking production. The opening scene is especially remarkable with clever use of fish-eye lensing and deliberately edited cutaways (in which hoodlums appear and disappear) drumming up incredible tension. There is also well edited sequence later on in which Kersey's gun-fighting gets redirected to a local ice rink, and the open ending is pitch perfect. The plot is arguably a bit too intricate for its own good with a twist in the final third that does not necessarily add a lot to the film, though it does tie in well with the idea of Kersey being used as a pawn to dirty work that could not otherwise be done (an angle sort of explored in 'Death Wish 3' with Ed Lauter's corrupt cop). This might well be a lot different to the thought-provoking original 1974 movie, but as far as sequels go, 'Death Wish 4' is very decent of its type.

The fourth in the series is definitely one of the cheesiest Death Wish films out there, almost equalling the heady heights of DEATH WISH 3 in many key scenes. Utilising only the barest backbone of a plot, this outing sees Bronson battling against various despicable drug dealers, and, in a very similar fashion to Seagal's OUT FOR A KILL, the film basically consists of him going along and killing person after person with no bonding, characterisation, dialogue or family scenes to get in the way. Now this is what an '80s Cannon film is all about!The action is leaner here unlike the all out balls-to-the-wall assault that was DEATH WISH 3; this time Bronson works alone, going after and killing the baddies one by one in various amusing ways. This entry, we get death by wine-bottle-bomb; a guy getting chucked out of a high-rise; a guy exploding with a rocket launcher, and plenty more interesting and exciting moments. The film is a little like the first entries in the series, being grittier here, more realistic and a lot darker in terms of lighting. Don't expect any happy endings.The cast are okay but really nothing special. Bronson walks through the part with his stony face, delivering cheesy one-liners that are actually amusing, and you can't wish for anything more. John P. Ryan is typically over-the-top whilst TV actress Kay Lenz barely get a look in as Bronson's new wife. Movie baddie Soon-Tek Oh pops up as a crooked cop hot on Bronson's trail, whilst there are very small parts for future stars Mitch Pileggi and Danny Trejo. The run-time is short and the film is packed with sadistic action and suspense; pretty much all you can want in a typical mindless '80s action. I love it!

Charles Bronson returns again as vigilante Paul Kersey, this time back in L.A., and after the drug dealers responsible for the overdose death of his girlfriend's daughter. Paul is helped by tycoon Nathan White(John P. Ryan) who wants to "hire" Paul to use his skills to eradicate the drug families in the area. Paul agrees(and in a situation similar to "Fistful Of Dollars") goes undercover to bring both crime families down, only to learn that it isn't as simple as that...Interesting to chart this series compared to the similar "Dirty Harry" films, but this franchise declined in quality compared to the other, though Charles Bronson was still quite capable of handling the action, the script and production were weak, with an unconvincing plot and uninspired action scenes making the film seem redundant; unusual ending, which could be looked at as both Bronson/Kersey giving up...though there would be one last film to come.