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Mild mannered architect Paul Kersey, played by the legendary Charles Bronson (Charles Dennis Buchinsky), was a conscientious objector who served as a medic in the Korean War. Bad things happened to him, and he took things into his own hands for five wonderful films. They all have their merits, but what is the greatest and/or your favorite?
Death Wish
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 53
Director: Michael Winner
Production Company: Dino De Laurentiis Corporation
Composer: Herbie Hancock
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Jeff Goldblum
Synopsis: Where it all began - wife murdered, daughter raped and traumatized, and he takes things into his own hands.
Kersey Kill Count: 10
Best Kill: The first, the mugger who tried to rob him at gunpoint
Release: 7/24/74
Death Wish II
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 58
Director: Michael Winner
Production Company: The Cannon Group/Golan-Globus
Composer: Jimmy Page
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis: Kersey moves to LA to start over, and his daughter finally starts to come around, and then it all goes horribly wrong.
Kersey Kill Count: 10
Best Kill: Shot through a boombox
Release: 2/19/82
Death Wish 3
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 63
Director: Michael Winner
Production Company: The Cannon Group/Golan-Globus
Composer: Jimmy Page, Mike Moran
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Alex Winter, Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi from Star Trek TNG)
Synopsis: Kersey returns to NY to visit an old friend, who wants him to take care of his things while he's away.
Kersey Kill Count: 52
Best Kill: M72 LAW at close range
Release: 11/1/85
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 66
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Production Company: The Cannon Group
Composer: John Bisharat, Paul & Valentine MacCallum
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Danny Trejo
Synopsis: Kersey is hired by a man to take out a drug cartel, and things are not what they appear for the man that hired him.
Kersey Kill Count: 38
Best Kill: Shot then falls on the top of a bumper car ride and is electrocuted
Release: 11/6/87
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 70
Director: Allan A. Goldstein
Production Company: 21st Century Film, Death Wish 5 Productions
Composer: Terry Plumeri
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Michael Parks, of Tarantino movie fame
Synopsis: Kersey moves back to NYC, finds love and meets her ex-husband, who is a mobster.
Kersey Kill Count: 7
Best Kill: Knocked into a pit of acid
Honorable Mention Kill: Deadly soccer ball
Release: 1/14/94
No one cares about the Eli Roth reboot.
Death Wish
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 53
Director: Michael Winner
Production Company: Dino De Laurentiis Corporation
Composer: Herbie Hancock
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Jeff Goldblum
Synopsis: Where it all began - wife murdered, daughter raped and traumatized, and he takes things into his own hands.
Kersey Kill Count: 10
Best Kill: The first, the mugger who tried to rob him at gunpoint
Release: 7/24/74
Death Wish II
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 58
Director: Michael Winner
Production Company: The Cannon Group/Golan-Globus
Composer: Jimmy Page
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis: Kersey moves to LA to start over, and his daughter finally starts to come around, and then it all goes horribly wrong.
Kersey Kill Count: 10
Best Kill: Shot through a boombox
Release: 2/19/82
Death Wish 3
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 63
Director: Michael Winner
Production Company: The Cannon Group/Golan-Globus
Composer: Jimmy Page, Mike Moran
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Alex Winter, Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi from Star Trek TNG)
Synopsis: Kersey returns to NY to visit an old friend, who wants him to take care of his things while he's away.
Kersey Kill Count: 52
Best Kill: M72 LAW at close range
Release: 11/1/85
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 66
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Production Company: The Cannon Group
Composer: John Bisharat, Paul & Valentine MacCallum
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Danny Trejo
Synopsis: Kersey is hired by a man to take out a drug cartel, and things are not what they appear for the man that hired him.
Kersey Kill Count: 38
Best Kill: Shot then falls on the top of a bumper car ride and is electrocuted
Release: 11/6/87
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Charles Bronson's Age at Release: 70
Director: Allan A. Goldstein
Production Company: 21st Century Film, Death Wish 5 Productions
Composer: Terry Plumeri
Strange Famous Person Appearance: Michael Parks, of Tarantino movie fame
Synopsis: Kersey moves back to NYC, finds love and meets her ex-husband, who is a mobster.
Kersey Kill Count: 7
Best Kill: Knocked into a pit of acid
Honorable Mention Kill: Deadly soccer ball
Release: 1/14/94
No one cares about the Eli Roth reboot.