Synopsis
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
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Cast
- Charles BronsonPaul Kersey
- Jill IrelandGeri Nichols
- Vincent GardeniaDet. Frank Ochoa
- J.D. CannonNew York D.A.
- Anthony FranciosaHerman Baldwin
- Ben FrankInspector Lt. Mankiewicz
- Robin SherwoodCarol Kersey
- Silvana GallardoRosario
- Robert F. LyonsFred McKenzie
- Michael PrinceElliot Cass
Recommendations
- 30
Variety
Charles Bronson, as the avenging vigilante Paul Kersey, is turned loose this time on the creeps of Los Angeles and the results are every bit as revolting as in the original 1974 jackpot fantasy. - 30
Newsweek
Pseudo-lush but crummy flick. [15 Mar 1982, p.78] - 25
Entertainment Weekly
The shamelessly rehashed Death Wish II finds Kersey in L.A., methodically hunting down those responsible for his daughter’s death (just as she’s recovering from her assault in the first Death Wish). - 25
Washington Post
A rotten 89 minutes of night photography and close-ups of a man with the face of a dessicated bulldog. There's no kick, just sick: people who weren't being paid to watch walked out of the screening. [23 Apr 1982, p.13] - 20
The New York Times
Even more foolish, more tacky and more self righteously inhumane than the 1974 melodrama off which it has been spun by the none-too-nimble fingers of Michael Winner, who directed the original film. - 0
Chicago Sun-Times
What's most shocking about Death Wish II is the lack of artistry and skill in the filmmaking. The movie is underwritten and desperately underplotted, so that its witless action scenes alternate with lobotomized dialogue passages. The movie doesn't contain an ounce of life. It slinks onto the screen and squirms for a while, and is over. - 0
TV Guide Magazine
The language is filthy, the film is simpleminded, and Bronson's character is as despicable as those he murders. Death Wish II wades in gore and violence, exploiting hatred, fear, and mass murder.
