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Encyclopedia > Death Wish 3
Death Wish 3
Directed by Michael Winner
Produced by Yoram Globus,
Menahem Golan
Written by Brian Garfield (Based on characters)
Michael Edmonds (screenplay)
Starring Charles Bronson,
Gavan O'Herlihy,
Ed Lauter
Distributed by Golan-Globus
Release date(s) November 1, 1985
Running time 92 min.
Language English
Budget $9,000,000 (estimated)
Preceded by Death Wish II
Followed by Death Wish 4:The Crackdown

Death Wish 3 is the second sequel to Death Wish. Michael Winner (born 30 October 1935) is an English film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United States, also known as a food critic. ... Biography Yoram Globus is a film producer and financier who, along with his cousin, Menahem Golan (born Menahem Globus) bought the Cannon Group production company in 1979 and ran it throughout the 1980s. ... Menahem Golan is an Israeli director/producer who is most famous (or infamous) for his association with Cannon films, a company he ran with his cousin Yoram Globus. ... Brian Francis Wynne Garfield was born in New York in 1939. ... For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... Gavan OHerlihy (b. ... Edward Lauter is an American actor, born on October 30, 1940 in Long Beach, Long Island, New York. ... Golan-Globus produced a distinct line of low-budget action films from 1979 to 1989. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Death Wish II, 1982, was the first sequel to Death Wish. ... Death Wish is a 1974 film based on the novel by Brian Garfield. ...

Sequel DVD covers
Sequel DVD covers


Death Wish 3 (1985) is considered the best entry by many fans of the series, despite most professional critics favoring the original. In it, Paul Kersey (again played by Bronson) returns to New York City to visit a war buddy from the Korean war, only to find his friend brutally murdered by a gang led by a mohawk-wearing Manny Fraker (Gavan O'Herlihy). Soon afterwards, the police coerce Kersey into attacking a criminal riot in a dangerous neighborhood as a way of exploiting his freedom from legal restraints. In the film's climax, Kersey mows down many of the criminals with a Browning M1919A4 machine gun, then obliterates the criminal leader with a mail-ordered rocket launcher. Death Wish 3 has the largest body-count of all the Death Wish films. Because of its over-the-top action, quotable dialogue and complete embrace of the absurd, Death Wish 3 has developed a cult following. This is also the sequel that made the .475 Wildey Magnum that is manufactured in Connecticut by Wildey Inc. world famous. Wildey founder Wildey Moore says that every time Death Wish 3 plays on cable the firm receives orders specifically requesting the magnum featured in the film. The release of Death Wish 3 in 1985 increased sales significantly and bringing the company (Wildey Inc.) economic stability after a bankruptcy declaration. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (299x1483, 139 KB) Licensing This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (299x1483, 139 KB) Licensing This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... Combatants United Nations: Republic of Korea  Australia  Belgium Canada  Colombia Ethiopia  France Greece  Netherlands  New Zealand  Philippines South Africa  Thailand  Turkey  United Kingdom United States Medical staff:  Denmark  Australia  Italy  Norway  Sweden Communist states: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China  Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee... The Browning M1919 was a . ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... Shoulder-launched weapons avoid the problem of recoil by directing all exhaust out the rear of the launch tube A shoulder-launched missile weapon is a weapon that fires a projectile at a target, yet is small enough to be carried by one person, and fired while held on one... .475 Wildey Magnum with the factory default 5 barrel The . ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • Death Wish 3 was made into a video game [1].
  • In the pop song "Anaheim" by They Might Be Giants the line "I don't want to stay in tonight and watch Death Wish 3" is heard.

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Death Wish 3 (1985) - RUTHLESS REVIEWS: Movies (767 words)
Fine, I'm full of shit, but if it is possible for you to watch Death Wish 3 - my choice as the single guiltiest pleasure ever put on screen - and not be entertained and brought to your knees in tears of laughter and naked pleasure, then I ask only that you check your pulse.
Simply put, Death Wish 3 is, after all these years and all the masterpieces, classics, artistic triumphs, and challenging works, the film I still return to as the most fun I've ever had while watching a movie.
Death Wish 3 is not a continuation, nor is it an advancement of characters or plot lines; it is only a 90 minute turkey shoot.
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