Death Wish 3 is a 1985 US vigilante film by Michael Winner with Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin and Ed Lauter. See IMDb
Passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:
- UK 2012 Media Sales/Final Cut R2 DVD at UK Amazon released today, 13th February 2012
- UK 2006 MGM DVD which was never actually released
Before that it was passed 18 after 13s of BBFC cuts for :
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com
- The rape on the woman who Paul had saved in the parking lot is missing 6s and also the sight of bare breasts
- A topless black woman being dragged out of a window is missing. Then a little later there is a shot of her continuing to resist the same thugs
Summary Review: Entertaining
Paul Kersey, New York architect and part-time vigilante, comes to LA to visit an old friend. Instead, he must avenge his death by fighting youth gangs.
Death Wish 3 is a very different film to it’s predecessors, whereas the first two movies were powerful urban drama’s about how a man can be driven over the edge as a result of violence this instalment goes all out as an action movie and disregards the social commentary for the most part.
Whereas in the previous film’s Bronson was hunting down muggers and rapists and disposing of them with his pistol in Death Wish 3 he gets hold of a gattling gun and buys a magnum and a military issue rocket launcher and lays waste to the scum of society by the bulk load. It might not be as realistic but it’s damn entertaining and is by far my favourite of the Death Wish sequels.
