Runtime:
99 minutes
Directed
by: J. Lee Thompson
Starring:
Charles Bronson, John P. Ryan, Kay Lenz, Soon-Tek Oh, Perry Lopez
From:
Cannon
This was a fun way for me to spend last night:
I had not seen this in years so when it played on the El Rey Network
last night, it was the perfect opportunity to revisit something that is
not as insane as 3 but is still a fine slice of cheese as the film is
all about what was a HUGE deal in the 1980's, that being the War on
Drugs.
Paul Kersey is back in Los Angeles but as he seemingly is the harbinger of death, someone else connected to him passes away. In this case it's the teen daughter of his girlfriend that dies, of a crack cocaine overdose. When a rich dude tells Paul that his daughter also died due to drugs and he wishes Kersey to become a hitman and eliminate a list of targets that are the main players in the LA drug scene... it does not take much provocation for him to go on the warpath again, and for part of the story do a half-assed version of Yojimbo as two gangs are played against one another.
The movie is pretty silly and there are some amazingly phony effects that you get to witness; that said, if you enjoy 80's action pictures of this nature, there is a good chance you'll have a good time with this. .. the same goes if you enjoyed the other movies in the series. Many sons of bitches get killed in setpieces that include a wearhouse, a skating rink and a fancy penthouse. As it was popular at the time, there were some one-liners which could be goofy-”I was makin' a sandwich”-yet were at least memorable. At least the movie ends in a memorable fashion and for something like this, I am sure I don't need to say too much to convince someone whether or not they should check this out, although Danny Trejo appears for a few minutes and what a way he goes out.
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