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00:12hey guys welcome back to the channel it's me beau here with another cult movie review thanks for
00:19checking out this video in today's review i'm going to be checking out the 1985 action film
00:29death wish 3 having already reviewed the first two installments of the franchise i thought it was
00:40about time that i sat down and revisited death wish 3 and uh yeah i'm looking forward to getting
00:48into it just before we do uh if you haven't already please do consider subscribing to the
00:54channel all the support is greatly appreciated so death wish 3 from november 1985 was a movie
01:06that was directed by the late michael winner and was based on the screenplay by the writer don
01:13jacoby following the financial success of death wish 2 the production company canon films announced
01:23a further sequel with a returning charles bronson back in the lead role as for the story it once
01:33again followed the middle-aged architect paul kersey this time traveling to new york to visit his friend
01:41charlie now this was pretty significant considering that this was the first time that paul kersey had
01:48returned to new york city following the events of the original death wish in 1974 paul was expecting
01:57to have a nice you know peaceful trip but uh of course things didn't go according to plan once paul
02:07arrived at charlie's place he found him bloody beaten and basically left for dead before paul could
02:17find out who was responsible suddenly the cop showed up and arrested paul thinking that he was
02:26responsible for what happened to charlie of course paul you know pleaded his innocence he said he
02:34obviously wasn't involved he literally just showed up but well you know the police weren't having any of
02:39and they took him straight downtown once he arrived he was grilled and subsequently beaten by the other detectives
02:49they weren't buying his alibi and this was the point where we were introduced to the chief inspector richard
02:58shriker he was an officer who recognized paul from years earlier when he was a rookie cop he knew about
03:08paul's past
03:09and knew exactly how dangerous he was paul of course denied all of this initially pretending that he
03:17was just a regular guy who got caught up in this mess but shriker once again like the other detectives
03:26weren't buying his alibi now because the crime rates were rapidly increasing shriker the police inspector
03:35was under pressure to basically show results to clean up the streets even though he had increased the
03:44police numbers crime was still up and something needed to be done so the inspector decided to
03:54take drastic measures and this was where paul kersey came into the equation you see shriker knew how
04:02dangerous kersey was he knew what he was capable of and so he decided to let him loose on the
04:10streets
04:10so he could basically kill some street thugs as long as paul reported back to shriker and kept him in
04:19the
04:19loop paul kersey was free to do as he pleased after thinking about it charlie agreed and went on his
04:29way
04:29he took refuge in his friend's apartment and started planning on how to you know take out the street
04:37thugs in this all-out assault paul knew what needed to be done and well he didn't have to worry
04:46about
04:47any repercussions this time from the authorities he was very much protected we saw several altercations
04:55where paul kersey armed and dangerous ended up taking out a bunch of street trash and scumbags
05:03in an effort to clean up the streets thanks to charlie's neighbors paul was even able to get hold of
05:12some serious weaponry including a old world war ii machine gun but as you can imagine once the street
05:23thugs started getting taken out one by one well all of the criminal gangs started to panic they weren't
05:31just gonna let this old random dude start shooting and killing everyone no they weren't gonna allow that
05:38to happen so they decided to take revenge on paul which led to an all-out war i mean houses
05:48were destroyed
05:49cars were blown up police officers were killed i mean you know this was no joke this was total mayhem
05:57it was a war zone basically and paul kersey was right in the center of it so when it comes
06:07to death wish 3
06:08this was the last in the series to be directed by the late michael winner and unlike the previous
06:17installments the first two movies where they were a lot more grounded you know in personal tragedy
06:25and failures in the justice system death wish 3 kind of stripped all of that away and heavily leaned in
06:37to the spectacle of it all this time around it was much more of a i don't know action fantasy
06:47rather than a vigilante realistic drama and you know i kind of thought that was quite an
06:56interesting direction to take you know when you think about it times have changed since 1974
07:03when the original death wish was released by the mid 80s you know there was a consumer boom period you
07:13know mtv was very much in full swing and death wish 3 was very much a reflection of that while
07:23this movie
07:24upon its release was very polarizing and received quite a lot of criticism regardless when it came to
07:34box office sales this was a successful box office movie you know it made money and i think with that
07:42you know it could
07:44be argued that it proved michael winner was right in taking a different approach when it came to this sequel
07:53yeah i could be wrong but i don't think a realistic low budget drama about vigilantism as a death wish
08:06sequel
08:06would have been any more successful than what we got with death wish 3 you know i wasn't around at
08:15the time
08:15but from all the research that i've done i think it would be fair to say that at the time
08:23audiences
08:24were very much you know wanting excessive action-packed movies and well that's exactly what they got with
08:35this one now i have to take a moment to talk about the film's score that was basically a mishmash
08:47of
08:47themes recycled from the death wish 2 soundtrack now the legendary guitarist jimmy page from led zeppelin
08:57was once again credited for his work even though this time around in death wish 3 he had no direct
09:07involvement now you know that's not a bad thing because the music the themes that jimmy page came
09:15up with for death wish 2 i i loved i thought they were amazing so to recycle that and reuse
09:22that again
09:23for this one for this one not a problem now the actual man that was behind the rearrangements for
09:30this film was the composer mike moran and i must say he it came up with some very interesting themes
09:39himself specifically the intro and outro theme that we heard i was expecting something kind of rock
09:51orientated you know kind of in your face but instead moran came up with this um
10:00and how would you describe it this kind of melodramatic jazzy theme that uh just felt so random this was
10:11a violent action-packed movie with blood and guts and murder and explosions and guns and all kinds of stuff
10:21yet with this theme it was uh it was more suited for like a afternoon daytime tv soap opera or
10:32something
10:32like that you know but i'm not hating on it because after watching death wish 3 for you know several
10:40times
10:40now over the years the themes kind of kind of grown on me you know
10:51yeah it's it's it's very unique and uh kind of like it's so bad it's good kind of kind of
11:00thing
11:00now while some of the filming did take place in new york city the bulk of the production actually took
11:10place in london england to cut costs if you look closely in some of the wide shots you actually
11:19can see central london in the background and yeah i mean it is what it is as said it was
11:26kind of offbeat
11:27it it looked like new york but it wasn't it kind of reminded me something like um friends when they
11:35would you know do those outside shots and clearly it was just a studio inside los angeles but you know
11:44it kind of looked like new york but it wasn't and it's kind of the same thing here when it
11:49comes to
11:49the performances charles bronson delivered a solid and well-rounded performance as paul kersey at the
11:58age of 64 i thought for the most part bronson was still able to you know get physical and look
12:09pretty
12:09commanding without looking silly or you know stupid it certainly at times was a physical role
12:18there was a lot of running and jumping and stuff like that and of course bronson had you know a
12:24stunt
12:24double but he was still very much there in the action you could see that and yeah i mean you
12:31know
12:31for a guy of his age he clearly had to be in shape to pull off what he did now
12:38bronson did get some
12:41criticism for his performance once the film was released and you had many people basically saying
12:49that bronson looked kind of tired and uninterested now for me while i can
12:58kind of see that viewpoint ultimately you know if you really think about it it wasn't
13:06his performance wasn't too different from his performance in the first two movies i mean let's
13:12be honest here guys bronson wasn't known for his you know big dramatic monologues and speeches
13:22no he was known for his stoic performances and that's what you got once again here in death wish
13:33three yeah i'm not going to say that bronson delivered you know an award-worthy oscar-winning
13:41performance absolutely not no but he suited the role he once again you know delivered what we
13:49expected of him and yeah i kind of thought that the criticisms that he received at the time
13:55were kind of uh kind of unfair now i wanted to mention the actor kirk taylor who played the memorable
14:05villain the giggler and this was a scumbag who terrorized all the residents and eventually became
14:14a target for paul kersey the role was limited but taylor made it his own he didn't waste any screen
14:24time
14:25that he was given you know he was very memorable and stood out amongst all the other kind of low
14:32-level
14:32street thugs now the giggler would eventually get his comeuppance and get shot and killed by paul kersey
14:42using this semi-automatic magnum pistol this was a great scene one of the best in the entire movie
14:52a scene that you can just you know re-watch again and again and uh yeah i found it highly
14:59amusing
14:59with the giggler literally running off you know giggling he'd stolen paul's uh nikon camera and
15:08then out of nowhere bam he then had all the locals suddenly rush out onto the streets and start
15:16celebrating you know they're all happy and you had this upbeat music kind of kicking into the
15:22background you know it was like this triumphant moment yeah hey the giggler is dead you know so
15:27what he was it was kind of ridiculous but highly amusing and then right after that
15:35another brilliant moment when you had all of the remaining gang members huddled around together
15:43grieving the loss of the giggler and you then had one guy in particular who uh
15:51just oh man this guy this guy this guy this guy was mad man his friend had died and he
16:01wanted
16:01everyone to know about it man he was like they killed the giggler man they killed the giggler
16:12oh bro oh amazing amazing stuff and talking of gang members there was a young alex winter
16:22from bill and ted fame who also appeared in the film as the character homosa now this was a another
16:32you know limited role very small minor role we didn't really see alex winter that much
16:37but like his co-star kirk taylor he made the most of his screen time and was also quite memorable
16:48when it comes to the other cast i really liked ed lauter the actor who played the chief inspector
16:55richard triker he was this hard-nosed cop that uh didn't mind bending the rules to get results
17:05he had this no-nonsense approach that uh really suited the kind of vibe and tone
17:14that uh mark a winner was going for for this film and it was certainly great to see the character
17:20team up with paul kersey at the end to take out the bad guys you know one thing i've always
17:28found
17:28very amusing when it came to this film was its ending now you had inspector striker tell paul kersey
17:37to make a quick exit you know to leave right away because you know the cops would be after him
17:44he'd killed enough people so i mean yeah makes sense right so kersey you know agreed you know and
17:52suddenly left but then in the next shot right before the title credits you know appeared on screen
18:00we saw kersey changed in his clothes with his suitcases casually walking off yeah i just find it
18:12funny because like i swear the inspector told him you know quick go now go now before you get arrested
18:19so when did kersey you know get the time get the opportunity to you know change his clothes and pack
18:27his
18:27bags you know what what also considering that he would be a wanted man and you know all the police
18:39cars were you know closing in on the scene kersey just you know calmly walked away it's like you know
18:47no no um he wasn't eager to you know run off and uh yeah it's just kind of ludicrous but
18:55um
18:56yeah it's just just funny stuff man funny and so dislikes for death wish 3 from 1985
19:08my biggest dislike for the film would have to be the romantic subplot between paul kersey
19:15and the character katherine davis so we had this public defender who was played by actress deborah raffin
19:26who got acquainted with paul kersey initially at the beginning of the film when paul was arrested
19:35it was a small scene you know not really you know significant in any way but then later on
19:41the miss davis the public defender showed up outside paul's apartment and right then and there
19:50wanted to go on a dinner date with him this would spark a relationship between the two
19:59which to be very honest it felt very forced and just kind of kind of unnecessary i mean even even
20:09creatively it was kind of just just random you know she just shows up this woman he doesn't really
20:17know paul kersey and wants to go on a date with him yeah okay what also didn't help matters
20:25was the fact that both actors raffin and bronson didn't really have any chemistry so it just made
20:36things kind of awkward and you know not very believable you know i don't want to be too
20:41critical of the actress uh deborah raffin because i think she was kind of put into a tight spot you
20:50know she was okay and she did the best job that she could have done you know with that kind
20:56of very
20:57basic bland material but um yeah i mean ultimately it just didn't work and for me honestly um it was
21:08the whole romance was really kind of insignificant anyway i just would have removed it and put more
21:15you know murders and explosions and stuff like that yeah i don't know maybe this was
21:24a way to maybe pad out the runtime you know insert this you know romantic subplot and
21:33add some minutes to the runtime but i i don't know yeah i just it just didn't work for me
21:38and
21:39another thing really i mean if we're really going to be honest about it deborah raffin the actress
21:46she was just too young and yeah just kind of too good looking for it to be believable that a
21:55woman
21:56like that at that age would be romantically interested in someone like charles bronson
22:04like from from a visual standpoint it seemed more like a father and daughter not an actual couple
22:12and so with that yeah it didn't it didn't work and i just feel it was
22:22yeah kind of pointless you know if the filmmakers were determined to you know insert some romantic
22:31subplot like they did then they could have done it but the execution could have been far better
22:37because ultimately they should have cast an older actress someone maybe you know in their
22:44late 40s early 50s somewhere around that age limit you know to make it more believable but as it stands
22:53it just uh felt very very cliche and uh yeah just just kind of awkward and so ratings for death
23:03wish 3 from 1985 i'm going to be rating this movie a strong 6.5 out of 10 death wish
23:133 was a highly
23:15entertaining 80s action film with its bombastic and absurd premise it's the ultimate vigilante fantasy
23:27with law enforcement teaming up you know to take out the street thugs now unlike the first two
23:36installments of the franchise death wish 3 was unapologetic it made no qualms about representing
23:47paul kersey as the hero his actions were justified the neighbors celebrated you know the
23:57police what most of them were approved of his actions and yeah in that sense there was absolutely
24:06no gray area with all that you know i i appreciated death wish 3 for what it you know what
24:12it was not
24:13what it was trying to do but just for what it was and as i said it was that kind
24:18of unapologetic
24:20here i am take it or leave it love it or hate it and um you know even when you
24:26think about some of
24:27the themes that were in that film with you know distrust in the police and urban decay all that stuff
24:37is still very relevant in today's standards if you've seen death wish 3 then please let me know
24:46your thoughts and memories in the comment section below for all those out there who haven't seen
24:53this one yet absolutely it's a recommendation for me of course if anyone out there has seen death wish
25:00one or two and hasn't seen this one yet absolutely make it a priority it's a must watch for fans
25:08of
25:0980s action violent action then uh yeah i think you'll you know get a kick out of this one as
25:16well
25:16also you know for charles bronson fans out there yes you have to check this one out it's not
25:23necessarily his best performance as paul kersey my favorite would be death wish 2 but i still thought
25:33that bronson did a pretty solid job here and is definitely worth your time and well that is all
25:40from me today guys i do hope you've enjoyed this review of death wish 3 from 1985 i'll be back
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