Review of Death Wish 3

Death Wish 3 (1985)
1/10
"Death wish" or "Police academy" ?
13 July 2013
There is some really good and professional music by Jimmy Page (from Led Zeppelin)in here. It's probably the best thing in the whole movie. "Death wish 2" was OK , but this is a disaster.

Look , I can enjoy a stupid and cheesy action movie from time to time . "Tango and Cash" , "Commando " , "Cobra" and few others . The have some kind of charm . The whole stupidity and cheese in those movies looks natural and doesn't annoy me. Hell , I think I love them for that . Unfortunately , "Death wish 3" is a sequel to great and serious action movie.

This movie feels like "Police Academy " trying to be a serious movie ! The problem with punks terrorizing calm and good people is a rather serious one. I doubt that anyone who saw this movie really took it seriously. I mean come on. The bad guys look like they came from "Police academy" ! Compare them to the punks from first two movies and tell me you don't see a difference.

Bad acting from almost everyone (maybe except Bronson and Ed Lauter – the inspector). Unbelievable , forced , pointless and purely instrumental love story . Cheap humor. Lame script. Unexciting action scenes. OK , I guess I've enjoyed the final battle with all the punks , but mainly because it was so over the top.

Too bad that such sequels make people forget what a great movie first " Death wish " was. I give it 2/10.
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