Death Wish: The Face of Death

Death Wish V: The Face of Death is set in Los Angeles where ex vigilante & architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) lives happily with his fiancé fashion designer Olivia Regent (Lesley-Anne Down) & her teenage daughter Chelsae (Erica Lancaster), trying to break away from her past proves harder than she thought & her ex husband big time mobster Toomy O'Shea (Michael Parks) uses her fashion business to launder dirty money. Finally deciding to stand up to him & his thugs Olivia decides to give evidence at his trial but O'Shea has her killed & takes his daughter Chelsea back, unhappy about this turn of events Kersey decides to revert back to his vigilante ways & take O'Shea & his mobsters out & get some revenge... Written & directed by Allan A. Goldstein this was the fifth & to date final film in the Death Wish series, while I haven't seen the original Death Wish (1974) or Death Wish II (1982) I have seen the the following three & of those Death Wish V: The Face of Death is probably the worst on all fronts. The script here is pretty slow going, technically speaking Bronson doesn't kill anyone until at least an hour in which is just too long, the attempt at some moral message as seen in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is absent & the sheer over the top exaggerated fun of Death Wish 3 is also missing so what we're left with is a passable if forgettable & somewhat dull thriller with a couple of action scenes & Bronson by which to call it a Death Wish flick. Death Wish V: The Face of Death is maybe the only serious action film ever to feature a sadistic killer with a dandruff problem. The character's are alright, again anyone close to Bronson is killed or abused while the bad guy is rather dull & although we are told he's this mean mob boss we never see him do anything other than walk around & act tough. The plot twists & double crosses are very predictable & feel very familiar especially if you have seen the other previous Death Wish films. It's not totally terrible but is the weakest Death Wish film that I have seen & it just doesn't feel like a Death Wish film. For some reason the location of the Death Wish films keep alternating, the original Death Wish was set in New York, Death Wish II was set in Los Angeles, Death Wish 3 was again set in New York, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown returned to Los Angeles with Death Wish V: The Face of Death set back in New York. The violence is pretty tame & even looks cut in a few places, someone set on fire, a few gunshot wounds & someones head is smashed into a mirror is about the sum of it. Although set in New York this was filmed in Ontario in Canada, & why not? Apparently Bronson was paid more than the entire budgeted film which isn't too hard to believe. This was Bronson's last theatrical film & it's not much of a swansong. The cast is alright & Michael parks turns in a good performance as the main bad guy. Death Wish V: The Face of Death is average at best & not as good as the previous two entries, there's a lack of action, plot & a story that really does feel very familiar. A further sequel Death Wish 6: The New Vigilante was announced but never made.

By 1994, Bronson was pretty much dead already. 1974 began the Golden Age of his career. Death Wish was released, and to this day, it remains a classic. Eight years passed, and Death Wish II was released. That was a lame movie though. But in 1985, Death Wish III came out, and it is a cult classic, being my favorite of the series. In 1987, the fourth was made, and it was the end of Bronson's golden age. By 94, Charlie Bronson was over 70 years old, and he wasn't that cool anymore. This movie sucks. There isn't enough death. There isn't enough shooting. Plus, the movie is just too new looking for my taste. 1/10. RIP BRONSON. What a horrible way to end it...

Whatever you do, don't shack up with Paul Kersey, or you'll regret it - The fifth outing for Bronson in his famous vigilante series. Even in his 70's gunning down scum is never on the bottom of his priorities list. Now any movie ending with a Roman numeral may put off some people, but this movie is totally enjoyable and you'll cheer Charles everytime he guns down members of the mob headed by a very nasty mob boss. The Death Wish quintology ranks right up there with the Godfather and Star Wars Trilogy.

With his cousin and long-time partner Yoram Globus gone after the private feud that errupted when Cannon Films went bankrupt, Menahem Golan turned to schlock producers Ami Artzi and Damian Lee to produce the fifth entry of the series. Surprisingly, especially considering the general quality of their output, they manage to improve on the poor quality of DEATH WISH 4. The production values (as low budget as they may be) aren't as cheap as they were before, Bronson is a bit more lively in his performance, and the screenplay tries more for a story of substance. What really makes the movie fun at times is its twisted sense of humor. There's some nice black comic-moments, such as with one particular mobster's funeral scene, or the later plastic wrap sequence. Even better is Michael Parks' performance as the chief bad guy. His various comments (improvised?) about anything are hilarious, and he lays on the ham very thickly to be a lot of fun to watch. It still could have been better. One of the two big problems with the movie is that it takes about half of the movie for Bronson to start his rampage of vengeance. Even with Parks' entertaining performance, you'll likely be squirming in your seat with impatience for Bronson to get it on. And when he *does* get it on, it's kind of underwhelming - there's not much of a body count, and the length of time between kills is relentlessly padded. At least the end results are not the worst way the series could have ended. (By the way, Golan actually announced "Death Wish 6: The New Vigilante" in the trade papers not long after this one was released, though his company going bankrupt put an end to that plan.)

Not his usual vigilante style, less bullets. I guess because there were fewer but more complex villains than the usual roving bands of hoods. One mistake I noticed was when the heavyset worker was cut by the power saw there was no blood on him until he was escorted out of the room by his friend, then his shirt was full. Over all it was a good movie He didn't seem as intense in this movie. I missed the theme music from the previous movies, when ever he was ready to strike there was this howling grumbling base guitar noise that was played. It was very effective. It was almost his signature trademark.

Is it great to see another Death Wish. Well like all death wish's his girlfriends gets killed and he's not standing for it. Well in this great installment Bronson takes down the ex husband of he's fiancee. And the husband (Tommy) kills her, and he wants the kid too. But Bronson won't let them have her. So he goes back to Wintess Protection programme and gets help but theres a man who helping Tommy who is ruling half the city where Bronson now lives. But i'm not giong to say any mre because it's film worth watching, buying. go on 10/10

Death Wish V: The Face of Death is the worst TV movie from the 90's ever made. The first 4 movies were really great I have enjoy them. Death Wish 2 get the most hate while I have enjoy that film way more than this. This is one of the first films I have ever saw. Charles Bronson should have stoped by part 4 but he decide to make the fifth one. I never liked this movie even as a child. Charles Bronson is way too old for this part. So now Paul Kersey is taking the mob are you serious? The first movie was a classic. The second movie was a revenge movie and a good one, third was an action classic my all time favorite. Fourth was about drug dealers and a good one. The first 3 movies were directed from Michael Winner and they delivered. The fourth one was really a good action film. I disagree maziun part IV was much better move than this shitty movie. The movie supposed to be set in New York but it was filmed in Toronto why was it filmed in Toronto? I have no idea. This movie is way too brutal for me for my taste. So now Michael Parks is the bad guy. Charles Bronson has a step daughter in this movie which is beyond me. The script the dialogues are terrible, the plot is confusing. How did Paul Kersey keeps getting in relationship with these girls is beyond me. How could Charles Bronson poisoned and defeat all the bad guys and the personal hitman is beyond me. He is not anymore a normal working guy who bleeds he is now unstoppable cyborg in this movie. That is my problem. J. Lee Thompson was replaced by Allan A. Goldstein by unknown director that I never hear about it. This movie is a peace shit sequel and a horrible one. Now they are making the remake with Bruce Wills and Eli Roth. The guy who directed Knock Knock another awful remake with Keanu Reeves that sucked. Remake "Death Wish" will suck I don't care if it is rated R, it will suck! This movie and story is not based on the original Brian Garfield's novel. It has nothing to do with the novel. Charles Bronson's career was pretty much dead in the 90's and he didn't make anymore more movies. This movie could have been by far worst but for some reason was a pure trash movie! 1/10 my at least favorite film in the series and Michael Parks is ugly men and sucks in here.

people like jonathan dabell are the reason the action genre is dead. acid baths are all the rage you fool...but I'm sure your much happy watching your CGI Vin diesel crap !!... Your type are the kind who moan about tom & jerry cartoon characters smoking ... and strive to see them delete history to appease god knows who !!! at the end of the day ... Death wish 5 ...Bronson is about 74 and hasn't lost his knack of knocking off the villains ...sum good graphic violence and typically vile villains ...( played to perfection by Michael parks) they don't make stuff like this anymore ...becoz u idiots prefare Borefests like " Miami vice " and weak soft core crap like the transporter check this one out its Better than number 4 !!

Every Death Wish movie is a classic. They continue to get higher body counts and plenty of action. I never get sick of watching Bronson blow away these scumbags. All of Bronson's movies are great and I think he is by far the greatest actor that ever lived. My favorite films of Bronson have to be the later ones. Kinjite, Death Wish 1-5, Murphy's Law etc. Bronson had big budgets to work with and plenty of people to blow away. The ending of each Death Wish just gets better and better. Blowing people away with Rocket Launcher's, Cannon's, Bazooka's, throwing villain's into Acid. How can any action fan not love this stuff? My favorite Death Wish film is part 4. What a great plot and plenty of Bronson action but Part 5 is also very good and the Villian played by Parks does a really great job. I saw this film in a packed theater and fans were clapping and cheering for each Bronson kill, It was great! The DVD was even better. Death Wish 5 had a good plot and plenty of bad guys for Bronson to play with. I would really like to see Bronson make at least on more Death Wish movie. In part 5 his closing line was "Call me if you ever need any help." Well, Mr. Bronson today's action heroes are a joke and we could use your help to mop up these clowns. Guys like Vin Disel, Arnold, Stallone, Van Dam, Siegal to name a few. Even at your age these punks can't hold a candle to your acting or screen presence. I hope to see you again on the silver screen soon. That is my "Wish"

A 74 year old and puffy-faced Charles Bronson made his theatrical exit in DW 5, a movie that is so bad that it is hard to classify it as a movie. This time around, Paul Kersey is engaged to a woman (the very dull Lesley-Anne Down)) whose business is being threatened by a mobster (the seemingly perpetually stoned Michael Parks). Only after Parks badly hurts one of her employees, kills a second one and then kills her does Kersey decide to limp into action. By then, two-thirds of the movie has expired and I felt like I had expired as well. Kersey's first kill is not by gun but by poison. What the hell is this? Kersey poisons someone? Anyhow, I was just happy to see Bronsons still working, but watching him and this movie was painful beyond belief. A must-avoid.