Director: J. Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan, Perry Lopez
Running Time: 99 minutes
Synopsis: In Los Angeles, architect and notorious ex-vigilante Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is in a relationship with journalist Karen Sheldon (Kay Lenz). When Karen's daughter Erica dies by drug overdose, Paul takes revenge on a drug pusher. He is then pressured by the wealthy Nathan White (John P. Ryan) to clean up two rival gangs controlling the cocaine trade, one led by Ed Zacharias (Perry Lopez), the other by the Romero brothers. As Paul starts eliminating gang members, police detectives close in.
What Works Well: In this surprisingly not awful third sequel, a lithe Bronson (at age 67) is an effective killing machine ridding society of vermin. The target-the-drug-cartels theme is timely and hides a couple of mildly engaging surprises. Director J. Lee Thompson stages some fairly artistic set-pieces, including the opening parkade scene, a raid on a fish plant, and a shootout at an oil derrick. Some of the dialogue exchanges contain pointy zingers.
What Does Not Work As Well: It may not be awful, but it's still quite bad. Apart from Bronson, the acting is third rate, and the editing and sound mixing are always clunky and sometimes atrocious. Of course the script never attempts to be logical, and takes itself far too seriously.
Key Quote:
Parkade would-be rapist, spotting Kersey: Who the fuck are you?!
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