Death Wish 3 (1985) Michael Winner

Paul Kersey, New York City architect and part-time vigilante, returns from L.A. to visit an old friend. Instead, he must avenge his death by fighting youth gangs. 

 This movie is so over the top that it's brilliant! It's hard to believe that Bronson is supposed to be the same character that he played 10 years earlier in the original classic, Death Wish. In that movie he realistically became physically sick after murder, while here he casually kills everyone with a heavy machine gun from the Korean war, and a rocket launcher that he receives through the US mail! The total absurdity of the plot is absolutely incredible and the dialog is so bad that its hilarious, 'Chicken's good. I like chicken.'

But in what other movie could a man in his sixties successfully fight a war against a huge gang of Fame rejects and Nazi bikers, without suffering any injury whatsoever? A woman half his age also desperately throws herself at him for some unknown reason, and is promptly killed by spontaneously exploding cars. The movie also features Richie Cunningham's older brother as the evil nemesis, a naked Lt. Troi from Star Trek, and Bill taking some time away from his excellent adventure. All of this and a finale that's so outrageous that it has to be seen. A truly memorable masterpiece of a movie!