Death Wish II
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 19, 1982 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
11
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
0
Negative:
7
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30
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Charles Bronson, as the avenging vigilante Paul Kersey, is turned loose this time on the creeps of Los Angeles and the results are every bit as revolting as in the original 1974 jackpot fantasy. Read full review
30
NewsweekJack Kroll
Pseudo-lush but crummy flick. [15 Mar 1982, p.78]
25
Entertainment WeeklyMichael Sauter
The shamelessly rehashed Death Wish II finds Kersey in L.A., methodically hunting down those responsible for his daughter’s death (just as she’s recovering from her assault in the first Death Wish). Read full review
25
Washington PostPeter W. Kaplan
A rotten 89 minutes of night photography and close-ups of a man with the face of a dessicated bulldog. There's no kick, just sick: people who weren't being paid to watch walked out of the screening. [23 Apr 1982, p.13]
20
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Even more foolish, more tacky and more self righteously inhumane than the 1974 melodrama off which it has been spun by the none-too-nimble fingers of Michael Winner, who directed the original film. Read full review
0
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What's most shocking about Death Wish II is the lack of artistry and skill in the filmmaking. The movie is underwritten and desperately underplotted, so that its witless action scenes alternate with lobotomized dialogue passages. The movie doesn't contain an ounce of life. It slinks onto the screen and squirms for a while, and is over. Read full review
0
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The language is filthy, the film is simpleminded, and Bronson's character is as despicable as those he murders. Death Wish II wades in gore and violence, exploiting hatred, fear, and mass murder. Read full review
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