Death Wish 2 is essentially a more violent sequel to the original Death Wish. Charles Bronson resumes his role as urban vigilante Paul Kersey who sets out to kill the youth gang who rape then kill his maid and his mentally handicapped daughter. This is a graphically violent film that manages to appal and entertain in equal measure.
WARNING!!! PLOT SPOILER!!! THE FOLLOWING LINES DESCRIBE THE MOST MEMORABLE SCENE IN THE FILM. READING THIS MAY SPOIL THE FILM. EXTREMELY VIOLENT SCENES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AS I FEEL DETAILED DESCRIPTION IS CRITICAL TO MY REVIEW.
Death Wish 2 is a VERY violent film. In fact I found some of the violence in Death Wish 2 very hard to take. The biggest problem with Death Wish 2 is the scene where Bronsons maid, is brutally gang raped by the youth gang. This is the most violent, brutal rape scene I have seen. THIS SCENE WILL SHOCK EVERYBODY! This scene seems to serve no purpose but to titillate and includes the seediest line of dialogue which I have ever heard. When one of the gang is about to rape the maid over the sitting room couch he is told by the gang leader that "if he wants her he can take her to bed".This begins a horrible sequence where the maid is flung onto the bed and subjected to a very lengthy, hot, sweaty brutal gang rape in which she bleeds from her privates (a detail missing from the current video versions but intact on older American tapes which were uncut). This scene is unwatchable and really sick. You get the sense that the reason the makers have chosen to depict the rape a very busty and sexy middle aged foreign woman is to appeal to the "older woman" fantasies of older teens at whom this film seems aimed. The rape scene is made even worse by the fact that I found the actress who plays the maid, Silvana Gallardo to be one of the most beautiful, sexy women I have seen on screen. She is the only decent actor/actress in the movie. Its a shame that she never moved onto better projects than this. The rest of the film is nothing but more graphic depictions of shootings, impalings and rape which are moderately entertaining in a morbid way. Charles Bronson gives one of his weakest performances which detracts from the impact of the films horrific content. Being a fan of ultra-violent movies I did find some entertainment value in Death Wish 2 but could not stomach the despicable manner in which an act of horrific sexual violence was depicted as raw, titillation. Very nasty indeed. If you are easily shocked steer well clear of this film!
WARNING!!! PLOT SPOILER!!! THE FOLLOWING LINES DESCRIBE THE MOST MEMORABLE SCENE IN THE FILM. READING THIS MAY SPOIL THE FILM. EXTREMELY VIOLENT SCENES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AS I FEEL DETAILED DESCRIPTION IS CRITICAL TO MY REVIEW.
Death Wish 2 is a VERY violent film. In fact I found some of the violence in Death Wish 2 very hard to take. The biggest problem with Death Wish 2 is the scene where Bronsons maid, is brutally gang raped by the youth gang. This is the most violent, brutal rape scene I have seen. THIS SCENE WILL SHOCK EVERYBODY! This scene seems to serve no purpose but to titillate and includes the seediest line of dialogue which I have ever heard. When one of the gang is about to rape the maid over the sitting room couch he is told by the gang leader that "if he wants her he can take her to bed".This begins a horrible sequence where the maid is flung onto the bed and subjected to a very lengthy, hot, sweaty brutal gang rape in which she bleeds from her privates (a detail missing from the current video versions but intact on older American tapes which were uncut). This scene is unwatchable and really sick. You get the sense that the reason the makers have chosen to depict the rape a very busty and sexy middle aged foreign woman is to appeal to the "older woman" fantasies of older teens at whom this film seems aimed. The rape scene is made even worse by the fact that I found the actress who plays the maid, Silvana Gallardo to be one of the most beautiful, sexy women I have seen on screen. She is the only decent actor/actress in the movie. Its a shame that she never moved onto better projects than this. The rest of the film is nothing but more graphic depictions of shootings, impalings and rape which are moderately entertaining in a morbid way. Charles Bronson gives one of his weakest performances which detracts from the impact of the films horrific content. Being a fan of ultra-violent movies I did find some entertainment value in Death Wish 2 but could not stomach the despicable manner in which an act of horrific sexual violence was depicted as raw, titillation. Very nasty indeed. If you are easily shocked steer well clear of this film!