Paul Kersey, the vigilante from the path breaking Death Wish, is back.
Then his wife had been murdered. Bad luck follows him here also and he
ends up loosing his daughter and housekeeper who are brutally raped and
murdered. And then it is payback as usual as Kersey gets back to his
vigilante ways and kills the attackers one by one.
Charles Bronson
essays the tough but caring guy persona perfectly.
But unlike the first
part, there is not much scope as far as the script is concerned. He
just finds the attackers while he is roaming the streets and kills
them. There is no element of the planning and chase which made the
first part such a joy to watch and the retribution such a satisfaction.
You can also catch a glimpse of Laurence Fishburne, Morpheus of Matrix
fame, in one of his earlier roles as one of the attackers.
The action
is good but the nudity is gratuitous. This is a sequel which was really
not needed other than to earn some quick buck. There is no novelty and
it seems like a poor rip off of its precursor
Watch the first part. It was the inspiration for the Kevin Bacon starer
Death Sentence.
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