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Death Wish 5 movie storyline. New York’s garment district has turns into Dodge City when mobster Tommy O’Shea muscles in on the fashion trade of his ex-wife Olivia Regent. Olivia is engaged to Paul Kersey, who provides a sense of security for herself and her daughter Chelsea. Olivia isn’t impressed when Tommy tortures her manager, Big Al, so Tommy hires an enforcer named Freddie Flakes, who is a master of disguise.
Freddie dons women’s clothing to follow Olivia into a ladies’ room, where he smashes her face into a mirror, causing permanent disfigurement. In the offices of D.A. Tony Hoyle and his associate Hector Vasquez, Paul and Olivia vow to see to it that Tommy is prosecuted. Later, Freddie and two of his men disguise themselves as cops, infiltrate Olivia’s apartment, and shoot Olivia dead. Now Kersey is ready to take things into his own hands. Kersey follows Tommy’s thug Chickie Paconi to the Paconi family bistro, where Kersey kills Chickie by lacing his cannelloni with cyanide.
Death Wish V: The Face of Death is a 1994 action crime film and the fifth and final installment in the Death Wish series. It features Charles Bronson, who reprises his role as Paul Kersey in his final theatrical starring role. In the film, Kersey battles mobsters as he tries to protect his girlfriend (played by Lesley-Anne Down) from her ex-husband, mob boss Tommy O’Shea (Michael Parks).
Death Wish V: The Face of Death was produced by 21st Century Film Corporation, a company established by Menahem Golan after Cannon Films’ bankruptcy. It was shot in Toronto and helmed by Canadian director Allan Goldstein. Steve Carver was originally going to direct until the producers planned to cut the budget.
Death Wish 5: The Face of Death (1994)
Directed by: Allan A. Goldstein
Starring: Charles Bronson, Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Parks, Chuck Shamata, Kevin Lund, Robert Joy, Saul Rubinek, Miguel Sandoval, Kenneth Welsh, Lisa Inouye, Claire Rankin
Screenplay by: Allan A. Goldstein
Production Design by: Csaba András Kertész
Cinematography by: Curtis Petersen
Film Editing by: Patrick Rand
Costume Design by: Jay Du Boisson
Set Decoration by: Jeff Cutler
Art Direction by: Ian Hall
Music by: Terry Plumeri
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, and for nudity and language.
Distributed by: Trimark Pictures
Release Date: January 14, 1994
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