LeonLouisRicci

Hampered with a Skimpy Budget and Unseasoned Actors Try, but are Limited, with a Bare-Bones Anemic Script and Non-Existent Production-Values.

Some of the Characters Shout "Truth to Deaf-Power", an On-the-Edge Protagonist Severely Grieved by a Brother who Thinks His He was Railroaded into a 1st Degree Murder Conviction and a Death-Sentence,,,He to be executed at Midnight.

The Sets and the Environs are Cliched to the Extreme Limitations and Imaginations are Tacky and Flat. The Plot Mangles the Face of the Avenging Brother and Now He is a Marked-Man Unable to be Repaired.

With Painful Burdens Building a "Psycho" Step by Step, and He Commits Arson and Murder.

In the End He is on the Run, and Climbing Up an Open Staircase will Not Stop the Cop from Catching Up...

Will He Jump to His Death by Cop or will He Cry Like a Baby and Plead for Mercy?... Here's a Hint...All the People Involved in the Story Seem to Know and have a History to One-Degree or Another. The Movie isn't Awfully Bad, Making the Movie Barely,,,

Worth a Watch

Note...Edward D. Wood Jr. Is rumored to have a hand in the Script (uncredited)

Charles Bronson Never Succumbed to Grandiose Illusions of Talent, to be Anything More than a Stone-Faced, Righter of Wrongs, Taking-Out-the-Trash, and a Take-it-or-Leave it Attitude Stance Against "The Evil that Men Do".

Cop..."The Authorities Deal with these Scumbags" Bronson as "Paul Kersey" (angrily)..."And sometimes they don't"

There it is on the Want/Need for the Vigilante to Get the Job Done...When All Else Fails.

The Original "Death Wish" (1972) Directed by Michael Winner was Certainly a "Winner" Setting the Table for a Smorgasbord of Movies that Have Been a Popular Catharsis Ever-Since.

Time Changes Things... but..."Things" Remain the Same.

So 2 Decades Later...Here is "Death Wish 5"

Slicker, More Dressed Up and the "Justice" for the Evil-Doers is More Artistically Painted Resembling Pulp Media Like Lurid Pulps/Paperbacks and Comic-Books,

Different than the Gritty Streets where "Paul Kersey" (the architect with attitude) First Decided to "Take On" the Sleazebags because, Well...No One Else was Successfully Solving the Problem.

By 1994...No Hyper-Realized Advertising Selling the Movie was Needed...it is an Icon of Low-Brow Entertainment...All that was Needed is the Line..."Paul Kersey" is Back", Like Say...the "Terminator",

Forced into Action Against the Bad-Guys,,,This is Another Chapter in an Endless Tale of Woe,

But, Charlie, Now in His Early 70's, Like All Mortals the End was Inevitable for Paul Kersey the Character Doing the Necessary Deed, for the 5th and Final Time.

So Bronson) Retired from Movies, Called it a Day, and Faded into the Sunset along with other "Super-Heroes" that Fought the Good-Fight...

Making Room for Another to...Deliver "Justice" to the Deserving-Devils.

Michael Parks as One of those who are Well Deserving, Attracts the Wrath, Ups the Movie with Pizazz, and Kersey Decides He is Filthy...and "Needs a Bath"......The End.

Act 3 in a 15yr Under-Rated Career was Coming to an End...In This One...It Shows

Audie Murphy with an Unassuming Build and a Baby-Face was, on the Surface, not a Likely Pick to Become Not Only a War-Hero, a Medal of Honor Recipient, but along with, the Most Decorated Soldier of World War II.

That was the Battle-Field History, and along with the aforementioned Good-Looks Set the Stage for the National Hero and Military Icon to Launch a Career in "The Movies". Cast Mostly in Westerns where He was a Top-Draw for Many Years, but Seemed to be Mostly Invisible to High-Brow-Critics and was, for the Most-Part Ignored or at Worst, Noting His Thespian Struggles. Murph is Frequently Quoted,,,"Acting was a Battle I never Won."

Humble to the Last. Truth be Told Audie Murphy had a Definite Screen-Presence and Matured Finely Throughout His Filmography, But to this Day has Never Received the Respect or Accolades of a Thoughtful Movie-Star that Put Concerns and Inputs Regularly along with His "Power" at the Box-Office.

The Only Audie Murphy Movie to Lose Money was "The Red Badge of Courage" (1956), but the Fault was Not Audie or Director John Huston (see note below).

Murph Delivered Time and Time Again with the Best Performance and Production He Could Muster. He In-Turn Made Money for the Producers, and Entertained the Legion of Fans that Supported His Movies with Abundant Ticket-Buying.

"Gunfight at Comanche Creek" is one of the Weaker Murph-Movies. Although it is a Western where He Exceled, it's a Weak-Remake with a Lackluster-Look and a seemingly Detached Audie Murphy who seem to Sense Something is Amiss Here,

Only a Bully Gang-Leader, DeForest Kelly Pre-Trek, Rises Above the Tiredness of it All,

If It's an Audie Murphy Movie (even ones as Mediocre as this) it is...

Worth a Watch

Note......Credit Wikipedia..."The Red Badge of Courage" (1951)...Production and editing issues: Audie Murphy played the lead role, but a preview screening received a poor reception. This led studio executive Dore Schary to heavily re-edit the movie, adding narration and cutting several scenes. The version that was released was not what Huston or Murphy had originally intended.