Death Wish 3 4K UHD
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Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police detective to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods. Death Wish 3 4K UHD
If he can’t find justice…he’ll make his own! The legend Charles Bronson (Death Wish I & II) is back as Paul Kersey, notorious vigilante, in Death Wish 3. He is stalking the mean streets of New York, and they’ve gotten meaner. Kersey has returned to the Rotting Apple at the invitation of a friend from Korean War days whose neighborhood is being terrorized by a gang of vicious young thugs. Arriving only to find his old buddy slain, Kersey resolves to terminate the hoodlums’ crime wave and restore the neighborhood to its people. Alone, but armed to the gills with guns, knives—even a bazooka—Kersey ventures out into the urban battle zone with a message for every hood around: Come and get me. He’s one law-and-order man who doesn’t believe in governmental capital punishment…but that’s because Kersey is capital punishment. Hailed as “one of the strangest, most gloriously violent films of the 1980s” (Den of Geek), this guns-blazing, no-holds-barred, action-packed classic was the sixth and final collaboration between Bronson and renegade director Michael Winner (Chato’s Land, The Mechanic, The Stone Killer, Death Wish I & II). The strong supporting cast features Deborah Raffin (God Told Me To, Nightmare in Badham County), Ed Lauter (Breakheart Pass, Death Hunt), Gavan O’Herlihy (Never Say Never Again), Alex Winter (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), Kirk Taylor (Full Metal Jacket) and Martin Balsam (Psycho, The Stone Killer). Death Wish 3 4K UHD
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| MPAA rating : | R (Restricted) |
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| Package Dimensions : | 7 x 5 x 1 inches; 7.04 ounces |
| Media Format : | 4K |
| Run time : | 1 hour and 31 minutes |
| Release date : | October 28, 2025 |
| Actors : | Charles Bronson |
| Studio : | KL Studio Classics |
| ASIN : | B0FP1477GL |
| Number of discs : | 2 |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #27 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs |
| Customer Reviews: | (865) |
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Poptartpooper72 –
80’s cheese at its finest.
Death wish 3 is my favorite of the series. The campiness of it is what I love about it, it represents the 80’s perfectly. This new Blu Ray is absolutely stunning! It’s like seeing the movie for the first time back in 85. Scorpion did an amazing job with the transfer! Sound mix is good also, although it is just DTS HD master audio 2.0. Cheers!
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Adam Cohen –
Violent. Violent. Violent. And Funny.
DEATH WISH 3 is, for its time, an extremely violent movie. Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is a seemingly placid soul who goes about killing several hundred thugs and crooks in 1980’s NYC. The “plot” finds Kersey returning to NYC where he visits an old war buddy, whom Kersey finds dying on his apartment floor, a victim of intruding gangs. Having lost his friend, Kersey decides to move into his buddy’s old apartment and take up a war against the gangs overrunning the neighborhood. I wouldn’t even say this is a tale of revenge, because you never get the sense that Kersey gives a damn about his friend’s death. It’s basically an invitation to kill, something Kersey accepts when a police commissioner asks for “help” in thinning out the criminal herds.Kersey, a character born from the “silent majority” of the Nixon Era, has no character arc, no narrative, no place to go where he will eventually find peace. This movie is a showcase for violence– funny, absurd, over-the-top violence. Whether on purpose or not, there are several classic moments that make this movie worthwhile. And Bronson’s deadpan delivery makes his sparse dialogue memorable. This is crude, terrible filmmaking that I greatly enjoyed to the very end.
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Jorge A. Zarco –
Chicken’s good. I like chicken.
Death Wish 3(1985) is considered one of the worst movies ever made. I think it works as an action-exploitation film. It was produced by the infamous Cannon Films. It’s updated with A-Team/Rambo-style excess. It features Marina Sirtis two years before she acted in the Star Trek The Next Generation TV pilot. The late Deborah Raffin co-stars. The late Charles Bronson played Paul Kersey, a working class guy whose wife was killed by low lives. He now works as a vigilante crime fighter. The first Death Wish(1974) was a very, very violent movie based on a novel. Paul Kersey killed a white guy that tried to mug him! He also killed a black guy in cold blood! Director Michael Winner had a dark sense of humor! In Death Wish 3, Paul Kersey cleans up a New York neighborhood that’s packed with street punks. The sets in New York were actually filmed in England. Kersey sets up some Straw Dogs/Home Alone style booby traps in apartments! The street punks are a bunch of stereotypes with mohawks, earrings, tattoos and denim jackets. There was a 1980’s video game tie in hyped as “you are Bronson in Death Wish 3”! In the climax, a police officer helps Kersey kill bad guys. It looks like a 2 player Nintendo game! Death Wish 3 is a cult classic of action movie cheese.
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Tim Kline –
VHS still a viable mode of entertainment. I have VHS’s that still play BETTER than DVD’s
Although it’s imposable to record on VHS anymore, don’t throw your favorite movies and shows away just because they’re on VHS. Get your old VHS player out and dust it off and see what I mean. You can have VHS movies that haven’t been played in 30 years and still enjoy the great picture and sound as they were when new. If it’s been that long since being played, I suggest first Fast forwarding then rewinding before watching.You will be surprised how nice it looks and plays. Don’t waste money on DVD’s, they always eventually start pixelating, freezing and stopping. Most of your old VHS’s should play just fine if you follow my directions.
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Charles Ritz –
An interesting and informative documentary
Charles Bronson and director Michael Winner obviously did careful research prior to crafting this movie. I congratulate them from making such a compassionate and intelligent film about the plight of our cities in the 1980s.Charles Bronson in particular showed the great depth and humanity of a tortured soul who felt grief and remorse over the loss of his friend Charlie. He drowned out his sorrow by spending the remainder of the movie slaughtering hundreds of street punks. Tears rolled down his cheek whenever he mowed down punks with a machine gun or took out cars and trucks with armored piercing rockets.His romance with Deborah Raffin was one of the most tender love stories I’ve ever seen. It ended in 5 minutes later after she was blown to smithereens when her car exploded.I would give this movie 10 stars if I could.
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Renato Pamplona –
Good product
Very satisfied
Trevor Willsmer –
“They killed the Giggler. They killed the Giggler, man!”
Death Wish 3 may well be Michael Winner’s seminal work, finally breaking free of the chains of logic or narrative that had confined his earlier work to explode in an orgy of wildly improbable violence where he stages World War Three in a New York neighborhood besieged by gangs, with the combatants assorted street punks and elderly, mostly nice Jewish couples. Those kids never stood a chance…For the first hour it’s just a deceptively shonky vigilante movie, with Winner going through the motions as Ed Lauter’s disillusioned cop, having first wrongly arrested Charles Bronson’s vigilante for the murder of one of the few people in the film he doesn’t kill, had him beaten up and thrown in the tank, then decides to set him loose on a problem neighborhood. Charlie fits right in with the assorted senior citizens and stereotypes who make up the put-upon locals, and it’s not long before he’s rigging booby traps in their houses to maim or disfigure would-be home invaders, shooting bag snatchers in the back or interrupting dinner with Mr and Mrs Kaprov to kill a couple of punks trying to steal his car stereo before returning to finish off the meal of delicious cabbage soup. None of which pleases Gavan O’Herlihy’s local gang leader who sports an interesting anti-Mohican hairstyle and it’s not long before far more locals are meeting horrible deaths than when the gangs had a free hand before Charlie moved in. With Bronson’s character having run out of relatives to be killed off to inspire another rampage in the last movie and his old army buddy killed off early in the picture obviously deemed not enough motivation for him to unleash hell, Deborah Raffin’s lawyer with the hots for Charlie draws the short straw and ends up in a crash in one of those extremely inflammable cars that only need the slightest fender bender to explode. So it’s out with the Lewis machineguns and rocket launcher while O’Herlihy is on the phone to rentamob to get reinforcements (literally: he just picks up a phone and says “I need more guys. Yeah, thanks,” and they arrive).Filmed mostly in London for extra surrealism, all of Winner’s trademarks are here: lazy plotting, abrupt editing, gratuitous rape scenes and clumsy acting even from old pros like Martin Balsam, not to mention the odd familiar face who probably doesn’t put this one on their resume – in this case Bill and Ted’s Alex Winter and Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Marina Sirtis (or, more appropriately, this being a Michael Winner film, Marina Sirtis’ breasts). There’s also endlessly quotable direlogue (“I can’t do anything, I’m a cop,” “Mrs. Rodriguez has expired.” “But you told me over the phone she only had a broken arm?” and the immortal “Chicken’s good. I like chicken”). But it’s that last half hour that elevates the film from mere crap to unbelievably delirious, insanely inspired not just unashamed but damn proud of it crap. The finale is a smorgasboard of just plain wrong that abandons any notion of credibility to rack up the largest possible body count: cops die by the score, buildings burn and Bronson’s enthusiastic taking out the trash inspires the neighborhood to come together in a merciless killing spree of their own. At one point the old folks run a chain across the street to knock several heavies off their bikes, run up to them and repeatedly shoot them on the ground and then all the local children run in and START DANCING OVER THE DEAD BODIES!!!Even though another two Death Wish movies followed, this was the end of Bronson and Winner’s association. Bronson was ill throughout the shoot and hated the level of violence – apparently Winner felt the body count was too low and added more killings and carnage when Bronson was off the set. (Bronson wasn’t the only one to be appalled – whereas Brian Garfield was so angry at the changes Winner made to his anti-vigilante novel that he wanted to sue him over the first film, this time round screenwriter Don Jakoby took his name off the picture – and this is a guy who has his name on Tobe Hooper’s LifeForce and Invaders From Mars!). Perhaps it was just as well: even if they tried, it’s inconceivable that director or star could ever equal the sheer unsane ambition on display here.While their DVD release was fullframe, MGM/UA’s US Blu-ray offers a scrubbed up widescreen print (at times almost too scrubbed up for a film that actually looks better down and dirty) with the original trailer the only extra.
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Lola Granola –
this is a fun movie. In Death Wish III
If you are into Cannon Films purely for the cheap action, this is a fun movie. In Death Wish III, we see Paul Kersey taking his vigilante skills to a senior community in New York. It has been plagued with gangs who LOVE post-apocalyptic fashion and intimidating little old ladies. Kersey teaches retirees to take care of themselves by rigging traps in their rooms and just being a bad ass throughout the film.There is an incredibly outrageous scene in this film involving a machine gun. It’s, eh, kind of like Rambo meets the Retirement home meets some awful Italian ripoff of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.Grab some friends, snacks and beers and get ready to laugh. It is an epic, yet low-budget masterpiece.
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Michael Cast –
The best of the Death Wish series.
Okay, this is the Death Wish movie that I personally liked the best. I’ve watched it time and again. The first two were good also, but when they made this movie, everything about the series was just working really well. When Bronson’s character, Paul Kersey, brings out “Willy” the awesome Wildey.475 Magnum, it was just (to me) the epitome of the series. The first Death Wish movie that started it all, had this “rawness” about it: The bizarre background music, the garish seventies styles, and there was little monologue to make the acting too complicated for a cast that were expected to get it right in one or two “takes”. The “stylish seventies” fashion that Paul Kersey lives in during the movie, was displayed so that his character was presented as very “civilized” and a very “modern” type of person, so that when he begins his silent wrathful vengeance, the viewer could grasp the change from the happy and lavish lifestyle of an educated and well off individual, to a fallen down, broken and grieving man who resorts to retribution and vengeance to deal with the futility and impotent rage that all victims are forced to deal with when senseless violence destroys their lives. It’s human nature to want revenge, an eye for an eye type justice is very appealing to those that can’t get closure or justice for crimes committed against them. But entertaining that fantasy is exactly what made this movie so popular then, AND now. Obviously, in real life, EVERYONE cannot become a vigilante, the days of wild west frontier justice ended for a good reason. But the ideal of taking out your rage on the deserving, is what Death Wish is all about. The sales for the Wildey Magnum would spike every time the rerun of Death Wish 3 would air. It’s a shame that Death Wish 4 went so badly. They tried to change a style that the series had established to this point…it did not work. DW 4 was the “jumping the shark” for the Death Wish. The end. Pity.
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SciFi-Kaiju-Guy –
Then came Bronson (& Wildey) in this amazing, unbelievably over-the-top 5 STAR explotation/urban warfare crime classic!
BOTTOM LINE: DEATH WISH 3 is one of the best entries in the time-honored one-man army/vigilante genre. It grabs you by the throat, punches you in the face and pistol whips you upside your head repeatedly with its brutal, hyper-excessive violence, and makes no apologies for it. It’s a stunning disasterpiece of a cinematic artistry – and besides, it’s got Charles freakin’ Bronson… and Wildey! What the hell more could you want for your grim ‘n gritty Giggler-snuffing, creep-bashing, crook-trashing, punk-trapping, freak-capping exploitation fix??? Nuff said!! 5 STARS!THE STORY (contains spoilers): Former vigilante Paul Kersey is quietly returning to the Big Apple to visit an old friend. He arrives at the rundown tenement building where his buddy lives only to discover the man beaten to a pulp by members of a ruthless gang of punks who control a large section of the neighborhood. The police arrive literally seconds after the guy dies in Paul’s arms and immediately arrest Kersey on suspicion of murder! While sitting in jail, Paul is recognized by the police inspector on duty, Richard Shriker (Ed Lauter). Turns out Shriker was working as a young beat cop the night a wounded Kersey was brought in for questioning for the original Death Wish murders back in ’74. Shriker bemoans the out of control gang-related problems in & around his precinct and feels handcuffed by the revolving door judicial system. He’s also been keeping track of Kersey’s movements over the years and suspects Paul is still a one-man death squad. Shriker offers to release Paul, turn a blind eye and let Kersey “do {his} thing” – essentially working for the Inspector. Within minutes of getting out Paul disregards Shriker’s stipulations and strikes out on his own. His loathing of criminals & punks hasn’t waned over the years… and the death of both his friend and an attractive young DA who took a liking to him, combined with the horrid brutalizing of the other elderly residents of the building where his friend lived is all the motivation Kersey needs to return to his old ways – with a vengeance.THOUGHTS: One of THE greatest exploitation films ever made. It takes all of Paul Kersey’s inner angst & turmoil over taking the law into his own hands from the first film and jettisons them completely; Kersey needs little prompting to become a one-man army here. The film is so over-the-top in its cartoonish depiction of criminals that it becomes a caricaturized self-parody of sorts. The hoodlums are all ridiculously over-simplified cardboard cutout villains. Gangleader Mandy “I’m gonna kill a little old lady. Just for you!” Fraker, (a disturbing, twitchy performance by a bizarrely reverse-mohawked Gavin O’Herlihy), is the only bad guy with any depth, and even that’s only mud puddle deep. The gratuitous, ultra-exaggerated violence will no doubt be a turnoff for some viewers, but the excess actually works surprisingly well in this urban warzone film. Charles Bronson himself reportedly protested the extreme levels of violence in this film. Original “Death Wish” novel author Brian Garfield was outraged at this particular entry in the series and washed his hands of this and the 2 subsequent Death Wish movies. Just keep in mind: this is NOT a drama, it’s an unashamed action-exploitation movie. Speaking of which, the film culminates in a outrageous final act in which our weathered, sexagenarian hero teams up with the disillusioned Inspector Shriker and the deadly duo saunter down the main street of a neighborhood where the terms “blighted” and “rundown” would be a generous complement, casually blowing away dozens of punks with nary a thought nor word of warning. It’s like a Hogan’s Alley video game come to brutal, bloody life.The film also doubles as a sort of 90 minute commercial for the ultra-specialized Wildey pistol. “My friend Wildey’s coming. He’ll help.” “Who’s Wildey?” “Oh… you’ll see.” Back in the mid-70’s, Wildey J. Moore designed a massive, stainless steel, gas-operated semi-automatic pistol for hunting, originally chambered in 9mm magnum & .45 Winchester magnum. He saw sporadic production and limited success of his brainchild for years, both before & after the film’s release. It’s a HUGE gun, weighing in at nearly 5 pounds. The 10″ barrel on the model Kersey uses makes the entire thing over a foot in length; not exactly your average concealed carry weapon! The .475 caliber was, at the time, a fabricate your own proposition of Moore’s own design, specifically for his big gas autopistol, which required handloading heavily modified rifle ammunition. Remember folks, “Nothing’s too good for our friends!” Fortunately, Paul apparently has connections with an off the grid arms supplier who not only ships him the gigantic handcannon but also a surplus LAWS rocket launcher and a box of rounds for it, all through the mail! Whew! Amazon’s got nothing on Paul Kersey!THE BLU-RAY: After suffering for decades with a crummy pan & scan version from MGM comes this somewhat improved Blu-ray effort, also from MGM. It’s a barebones affair; the theatrical trailer is the only bonus feature. The audio is strong & solid; no fading, dropouts or noise. The picture is good but not great. Despite having a bitrate that averages around 25-30mbps there’s still a disappointing amount of grainy pixelation. But you have to remember that this was a low budget Golan-Globus/Cannon film… meaning it was shot quickly and on cheap filmstock. The original film elements, (if then even still exist), probably weren’t particularly well-cared for over the years. Besides, this was NOT a meticulous frame-by-frame restoration using original source materials, just a quickly thrown together hi-def transfer. Still, it’s worlds beyond the faded, pan & scan DVD version, and well worth a double-dip. Sadly, MGM marketing continues with their disparaging non-efforts to utilize the beautiful original artwork for the DVD/Blu-ray covers, like they ought to. Instead they’ve crapped out yet another tired photoshop cut-n-paste hackjob. Blah. Heck, they even chopped off half the length of the mighty Wildey’s barrel in order to fit the shorter height of the Blu-ray slipcover! Blasphemy! LOL. Still, I’m just glad that at last there’s a better edition available that looks & sounds decent (if unspectacular), AND which finally opens up the picture to a more pleasing, HDTV-filling theatrical aspect ratio.
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