Thursday, July 16, 2009

Death Wish 3 (1985)

An aging man with a past as a vigilante resumes that role in a fight to dismantle the rule of a gang in a New York neighborhood. 

Rather dismal sequel, with practically nothing besides scenes of shootouts in a severely deficient plotline (one thing I could not understand is how the protagonist could buy heavy artillery at a mall whilst the police enforced a strict limitation on firearm possession). Balsam's stupendous performance in a small role is so contrasting with the film's inanity that it becomes a sort of aesthetical oddity. 

 Rating: 31

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