Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is a 1987 action thriller, and the third sequel to the 1974 film, Death Wish. It is the first film in this series to carry a subtitle, the first to be directed by someone other than Michael Winner, and the last to be released by Cannon Films. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson, best known in Hollywood for the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone and the 1962 thriller Cape Fear. The film had a substantially cheaper budget and...
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is a 1987 action thriller, and the third sequel to the 1974 film, Death Wish. It is the first film in this series to carry a subtitle, the first to be directed by someone other than Michael Winner, and the last to be released by Cannon Films. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson, best known in Hollywood for the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone and the 1962 thriller Cape Fear. The film had a substantially cheaper budget and limited release, first appearing at U.S. theatres in November 1987. The screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman moves Kersey to Los Angeles, where he initiates a one-man war against drug dealers.
The movie opens with a woman walking to her e30 BMW 3-series in the parking garage. She gets in and has trouble starting her car. Three thugs appear, break into her car, force her out, and begin to rape her when Paul Kersey appears out of nowhere. He shoots the first two thugs, but wounds the third. He follows the third mugger as he attempts to escape the...
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