So you see, the key to enjoying DEATH WISH 3 is to accept it for what it is. When a tenant of his apartment building sees Kersey setting up a booby trap, for instance, the vigilante lightheartedly says he's "thinning the herd." A line only Bronson can truly make work. Who doesn't want to see gangbangers get their due? There are also some great cheesy moments and one-liners so common in 1980s films. But in the tradition of the original DEATH WISH and later films such as FALLING DOWN with Michael Douglas, it has a definite crowd-pleasing charm. A man well into his 60s outruns and outspooks dozens of young punks. The characters are generally made of cardboard. Indeed to the discriminating eye it has a plethora of imperfections. I'm not saying DEATH WISH 3 is a classic. Bronson, at least the "older" version, is truly at his best. The trigger-happy vigilante moves into the heart of gang territory, where he once again becomes a one-man army in an urban war of good versus evil. This time out, aging Charlie's Paul Kersey is let loose by a police chief desperate to clean up a rough part of New York City. And while there is a fair amount of mayhem, DEATH WISH 3 is not that awful of an effort, particularly for fans of the series and its star. Most critics seem to have dismissed this film, like so many other Charles Bronson vehicles, as just another patchwork of mindless violence.
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