Film Summary DCCLXIX (Death Wish V: The Face of Death)

 

How the heck does anybody hate this movie. I mean I get it it's a low-quality film it's V Deathwish the acting is uninspired for are good guys and over-the-top in zany for the bad guys. But honestly compared to Death Wish 3 or even two it doesn't really come off that bad. The way I saw scores put out for this movie I was expecting something of far less quality. It's a lot better than the last two Die Hard movies that's for sure.

I mean from a production level it's not as good as any die-hard film. But it was more enjoyable to watch. Charles Bronson is there. 

He's not really giving it all that much and at this point he is beyond 70 so I don't really expect him to. But he's not completely devoid of character. 

The criminals he ends up killing make up for that with an abundance of kooky, borderline psychotic personality. 

''Now Paul! my man. This is number 5 for dead wife's (and or girlfriends) it's not just ludicrous anymore this is downright farcical. 

You cannot have relationships.'' 

I guess I'll give you some credit, Your new niece actually survived the endeavour. 

That's never happened in a Death Wish movie before. 

We have something resembling an almost happy ending. Even if it's extremely abrupt and nonsensical.

And do I really have to explain the story. 

Paul's in another relationship that happens to have some connection to either thugs or organized criminals and of course something dramatic and horrible happens. Which leads him back into his vigilante life. 

And in this case it feels the most mundane. 

Not the worst, that would be Death Wish 3 where everything was just completely off the walls.

This is one of those movies that rides the line between passively okay and comedicly bad. 

You could argue that it's the best of both worlds or the worst depending on your tolerance for this type of thing. 

Personally I was okay with this. 

I wasn't expecting Death Wish 5 to be a decent movie. Hick up until a week ago I didn't even know there was a Death Wish 5. 

And what's up with that opening score? 

It sounds entirely too good for this type of film. Like it's legitimately decent score.

Where did Charles Bronson get that electronic football? 

He's at a toy stores at some point in the middle of the movie and he got this football that you can guide around with a remote control. 

Did those exist then? 

I don't remember hearing about them, but I would have been the coolest toy ever.

It's strange but I'm almost a little upset that I'm done with Death Wish now.

I wasn't even having that great of a time watching these films. But they grew on me. 

There's just something about their particular style and slight variation that kept me entertained. 

Maybe I'm just a fool.