I can see why there was controversy over this movie and others like it, but for the sake of the film and reality, the rape scenes provide a much needed realistic motive for Bronson, and it sheds light on the scum that does exist. I absolutely do not think it's anti-women. The story line is as messed up as it gets for the main protagonist, and the film showcases the spiral into cold blooded revenge. Watch it if you want a dose of a real revenge movie that will disturb you a little bit. They capture the seediness of the surroundings quite well, not as over the top at all as Death Wish 3 which is why I say it's a way more realistic movie. I love the hospital scene that's pretty inventive and fun. Just watch it, but there's nothing lighthearted or funny about this movie.

I liked the 1974 original, but this was a chore to sit through. It's a very, very poor rehash, clearly done purely for the money. All around bad acting, very unimaginative script, Charles Bronson acts like he phoned in his performance, the villains are clownish and annoying, and I really couldn't stand Charles' wife.In fact I lost some respect for Mr. Bronson while watching this tripe. Do yourself a favor and give this one a miss. If you are looking for good Bronson movies: "Mr. Majestyk (1974)" is awesome.

It's really hard to understand all the hate, critically for this film, like, Ebert's review or Maltins, who actually rates the third one better than than this. Maltin's a bit of a weird cat. You could actually say, it's, what I refer to as a stereotypical sequel, where there's a plain blatant excuse to make it, that having Bronson's traumatized daughter raped, and his maid killed (very familiar setting to the one in the first) after getting on the wrong side of this gang, who after clubbing Bronson on the head, kidnap his precious girl.This ultimately leads to a much worse fate, where another close soul is taken from him, where this catalyst, propels him back into gun firing, vigilante action. You can very much tell, the early rape scenes, have been cut heaps for the Aussie version, especially the one, involving the maid. The movie does has ordinary, uninspiring dialogue. I've seen much better in short film scripts. Who hired this writer? The film indeed has it's problems, with some unintentionally funny moments, one involving a kooky and confused psychiatrist, near the end, who's forgotten which way the men's room is. The hoods are very real, an early Laurence Fishburne being one of them, while the standout was Kevin Major Howard, a very underused actor, who at times, looked like he forgot his blocking. The line involving Jesus, where Bronson confronts him, is the one I'll remember. Jill Ireland is very good as Bronson's new love, adding a warmth to the film, while Gardenia (the old fogy detective from the first) visit's L.A. as pretty much knowing who this new hero/vigilante is, taking down the population number. With a bit of a comedown ending, relationship wise, this second Death Wish installment, is very lively, colorfully entertaining (popcorn fodder) and isn't a bad sequel, with some good plotting, the story going some places you don't expect. It's very 80's too, with it's share of violence, some of it a bit nasty and sickening. Hey, this is Death Wish, we're talking' about. One line in it, poses the "mulling over" question. "Is killing people who have killed people, right?" I don't have to mull it over. In my opinion: "Yes". Another opinion, is this movie has been wrongly vindicated. It is not a bad movie, despite this wrongful opinion from a majority of critics. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Death wish 2 is the crass disgusting vulgar exploitive piece of 80s trash which has more plot holes than your average children's book anyway the story once again stars Charles Bronson as Paul kersey who has moved to los Angeles to try and get his act together and move on from the events of the first film he goes to pick up his now sane daughter carol who has recovered from the injury's she suffered in the first film from the attempted rape by the 3 disgusting perversely warped monsters that were led by jeff goldblum that were never caught by the police or Bronson after getting away with such a sick crime on both the daughter and mother who died from her injury's . Anyway the film really outdid itself in a particularly gruesome scene in which three new thugs break it Bronson's house physically assault then rape the maid this scene does not belong in any sort of film no matter what Michael winner should have been ashamed of himself for making such a piece of s***t . The only reason it gets a 2 from me is Bronson's serviceable if a little amateurish performance and the action scenes but apart from that a thoroughly disgusting film to an effective original 1974 flick that was effective in its own way .