Death Wish 4 - The Crackdown (1987)
Paul Kersey is out to avenge the cocaine induced death of his girlfriend's daughter, so he tracks down who supplied the drug and pits two rival drug gangs against each other as the violence spills onto the sidewalks of LA.
Probably my second favourite Death Wish film following the action packed urban warfare of Death Wish 3. Although The Crackdown retains the violence it feels like a somewhat lighter watch than what preceded. Naturally bad people do bad things but it's just not as glorified or seedy as the film strays more into action movie territory rather than Vigilantes R' Us and thus comes across more of a crowd pleaser than typical Death Wish thriller. Most likely due to J.Lee Thompson - an action specialist - taking over the directorial reigns from Michael Winner.
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