Review – Death Wish 3

Street hoods murdered all Paul Kersey’s family in the first two, but that’s okay. He doesn’t seem to need much of an excuse to kill criminals anymore. Sure, the scum still commit awful crimes against innocent people, crimes that deserve to be punished with The Vigilante’s brand of justice. It’s just that it seems to have become a full-time job for him at this point. To be sure, he’s good at it. This picture introduces weapons fetishism akin to the Executioner novel series, which is both a good and a bad thing. And although the end lacks a Punisher-style lingering death for the chief baddie, at least it isn’t quite as limited as the usual gunshot-to-the-chest payoff. Indeed, the only real disappointment is that after the gang leader gets his just desserts, our hero loses interest in snuffing the rest of the criminals. He actually lets them run away. Where’s the fun in that? Mildly amusing