TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Paul Magne Haakonsen Funny how the fifth and final movie in the "Death Wish" movies turned out to actually be the best of them all. And it only took them 20 years to improve the formula. Odd, huh?Now, I have already mentioned that "Death Wish V: The Face of Death" is the best of the five movies, and that is attributed to the fact that it had the most mature and well-rounded of all five storylines told in the franchise.Funny how Paul Kersey loses someone he loves in every single movie, and yet he keeps going. Why not just isolate himself in the countryside? Bam, end of tragic losses and deaths.Well, I think that "Death Wish V: The Face of Death" as actually a nice way to tie up the franchise and leave it to rest. Wait, that's not true is it? Not with the 2018 remake with Bruce Willis hitting the cinema.Personally, I think that the "Death Wish" movies will always belong to Charles Bronson, because he embodied the Paul Kersey character and he was the face representing the franchise.If you enjoyed the previous four movies, then you definitely also will enjoy the fifth and final, yes final!, movie in the "Death Wish" franchise.

adonis98-743-186503 Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters. Death Wish V: The Face of Death benefits from Charles Bronson's amazing talent but unfortunately that isn't saying much about the film itself. First of all the villains were kind of uninteresting and boring, the kills are few and forgettable and the movie lacks action and good suspense except a few moments like the ending and the attack on the house but overall this is the worst of the 5 movies. (4.9/10)

Spikeopath Ah yes, the Death Wish series of films, each and every one guaranteed to invoke some ire and even hatred from critical circles and film lovers alike. Yet to think that they don't have fans from movie land would be wrong - case in point Death Wish 5: The Face of Death.Often considered to be the runt of the litter, it's actually better than what some would have you believe. OK! So the formula is the same as usual, Charles Bronson's Paul Kersey will have to take up his vigilante arms once again when someone close to him falls by the wayside. The law is still an ass and the bad guys can literally get away with murder, but they can't get away from crossing the path of Kersey.It is what it is in that respect, another chance for Bronson to please fans of the series, to attack his role with machismo and a quip on the tongue. Where inventive deaths are conjured with a side order of vigilante relish. There's even strains of film noir in here, with a henchman as a transvestite and another with a dandruff problem that bothers him so. There's even a mannequin factory for added noirish flavours.The production isn't exactly high end (tongue in cheek folks), and the usual suspension of disbelief is very much required, but for fans of Chuck and the series, then this delivers the goods. Bloodily so. 7/10

Sandcooler Part V, everyone probably knows the drill by now. Paul Kersey has met yet another younger woman (is he honestly that irresistible?), gangsters attack her, Kersey's had enough, everybody dies. The later sequels really just connect the dots between the best points of their superior predecessors, but at least they still provide acceptable action scenes. This time around the kills are creative when you're an optimist, and far-fetched if you're me. A radio-controlled soccer ball that can light on fire? Poisoning someone's canolli? We've seen this guy use machine guns that were bigger than him, so it comes of as a bit tame. I would say this is a very tiny step up from "Death Wish 4: The Crackdown" though, not only because it has the cooler sounding subtitle but also because the villains are more interesting. Michael Parks is a very entertaining actor, he gives the movie that spark of life that Charles Bronson couldn't really deliver in the later sequels. Not that seeing Charles Bronson gunning down scum isn't infinitely rewatchable, but his heart doesn't really seem in it anymore here. "Death Wish V" is about as good as a fourth sequel to a movie that barely even needed one can be, it's entertaining without being anything special.