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* DeathGlare: When Paul says his badass line to the revolver-wielding Chicki, Chicki is not very happy with it...


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* TranquilFury: When Paul says his badass line to the revolver-wielding Chicki, Chicki is not very happy with it...
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* CartwrightCurse[=/=]DisposableWoman: Of course Olivia gets killed off shortly after she and Paul get engaged, sparking yet another revenge quest for him.
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* FriendOrFoe: Sal Paconi accidentally shoots his own henchman, who's wrapped in a tape by Paul.
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* IronicEcho: When Kersey kills Chicki Paconi by poisoning his canoli, the last words that Chicki hears are the words that he said to Kersey in their first encounter:

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* IronicEcho: When Kersey kills Chicki Paconi by poisoning his canoli, cannoli, the last words that Chicki hears are the words that he said to Kersey in their first encounter:
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* DeathGlare: When Paul says his badass line to the revolver-wielding Chicki, Chicki is not very happy with it...
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** The second one occurs in the climax. After Paul slashes Tommy's face with a broken bottle and aims his gun at him, he asks the same question that Tommy gave him in the beginning:
-->'''Paul''': Guns make you nervous?
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* WeaponForIntimidation: Chicki Paconi has a big revolver as his [[WeaponOfChoice weapon of choice]], using it to intimidate one of O'Shea's incompetent workers, and later Paul Kersey, only to Kersey say one of his badass lines in the movie.
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* YouWouldntShootMe: Sal Paconi, after he runs out of bullets and Kersey aims his gun at him in the climax, puts down the gun and attempts to dissuade him into not killing him, only to [[TooDumbToLive pull out a switchblade hidden behind his head and making a sharp move with it, forcing Kersey to shoot him]].

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* YouWouldntShootMe: Sal Paconi, after he runs out of bullets and Kersey aims his gun at him in the climax, puts down the gun and attempts to dissuade him into not killing him, only to [[TooDumbToLive pull out a switchblade hidden behind his head and making a sharp move with it, it]], [[ShootHimHeHasAWallet forcing Kersey to shoot him]].
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* YouWouldn't Shoot Me: Sal Paconi, after he runs out of bullets and Kersey aims his gun at him in the climax, puts down the gun and attempts to dissuade him into not killing him, only to [[TooDumbToLive pull out a switchblade hidden behind his head and making a sharp move with it, forcing Kersey to shoot him]].

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* YouWouldn't Shoot Me: YouWouldntShootMe: Sal Paconi, after he runs out of bullets and Kersey aims his gun at him in the climax, puts down the gun and attempts to dissuade him into not killing him, only to [[TooDumbToLive pull out a switchblade hidden behind his head and making a sharp move with it, forcing Kersey to shoot him]].
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* YouWouldn'tShootMe: Sal Paconi, after he runs out of bullets and Kersey aims his gun at him in the climax, puts down the gun and attempts to dissuade him into not killing him, only to [[TooDumbToLive pull out a switchblade hidden behind his head and making a sharp move with it, forcing Kersey to shoot him]].

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* YouWouldn'tShootMe: YouWouldn't Shoot Me: Sal Paconi, after he runs out of bullets and Kersey aims his gun at him in the climax, puts down the gun and attempts to dissuade him into not killing him, only to [[TooDumbToLive pull out a switchblade hidden behind his head and making a sharp move with it, forcing Kersey to shoot him]].
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* YouWouldn'tShootMe: Sal Paconi, after he runs out of bullets and Kersey aims his gun at him in the climax, puts down the gun and attempts to dissuade him into not killing him, only to [[TooDumbToLive pull out a switchblade hidden behind his head and making a sharp move with it, forcing Kersey to shoot him]].
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* WretchedHive: New York City is featured as having an organized crime problem and an innefectual police.

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* WretchedHive: New York City is featured as having an organized crime problem and an innefectual ineffectual police.

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* BigBad: Tommy O'Shea.



%%* CoDragons: Sal and Chicki Paconi to Tommy O'Shea.

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%%* * CoDragons: Sal and Chicki Paconi to Tommy O'Shea.


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* FamousLastWords:
** "I said nothing to nobody!" Reg
** "I'll be a happy blimp! Haha!" Chicki Paconi
** "NOOOO!" Freddie 'Flakes'
** "I didn't think it would be this easy, Kersey." Agent Vasquez
** "Shit!" Frankie
** "Hey, you wouldn't shoot an unarmed man would ya? Would ya? Kersey?" Sal Paconi
** "No!" Tommy O'Shea
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* EveryoneIsArmed: A kid with a message runs inside a church that's holding a funeral service. Since the service is for a member of O'Shea's organization, the church is filled with jumpy criminals who pull a gun on the kid when he comes inside.
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* ForkliftFu: Reversed; Kersey rides around in a forklift shooting, then moves out of sight. The forklift then comes on a kamikaze course for the gang of thugs only for them to realise at the last minute it's just full of boxes instead this time.

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* BaldOfEvil: Frankie, one of O'Shea's henchmen with a distinctive gravelly voice.



-->'''Paul''': "Hey, Freddie. I'm gonna take care of your dandruff problem for you."
-->'''Freddie''': "Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!" [Paul detonates the soccer ball]

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-->'''Paul''': "Hey, Hey, Freddie. I'm gonna take care of your dandruff problem for you."
you.
-->'''Freddie''': "Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!" Nooooooooooooooooooo!!! [Paul detonates the soccer ball]



-->'''Chicki Paconi''': [[PreMortemOneLiner "Good night, bitch."]] [Chicki fires his gun]

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-->'''Chicki Paconi''': [[PreMortemOneLiner "Good Good night, bitch."]] ]] [Chicki fires his gun]



* DeliciousDistraction: Chicki Paconi has a huge liking for canolis, which unfortunately leads to his downfall, in which he is killed when Kersey sprinkles cyanide all over the canoli that he is eating.

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* DeliciousDistraction: Chicki Paconi has a huge liking for canolis, which unfortunately leads to his downfall, in which he is killed when Kersey [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink sprinkles cyanide all over the canoli canoli]] that he is eating.eating.
* DestinationDefenestration: Freddie kills Big Al, who was supposed to expose O'Shea's illegal dealings with a wiretap, by ramming him with his car, which sends Al flying through a restaurant window.



-->'''Tommy''': "Big tub of guts, I think you oughta have Dr. O'Shea's one second weight loss." [Tommy turns the saw back on]
-->'''Al''': "No! No!"
-->'''Sal Paconi''': [restraining Al] "Hey, hey, hey, hey."
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': [pointing a gun at Al's head] "Don't move fat man!"
-->'''Sal Paconi''': "I think Al's got the message here don't you Al? Huh? Don't you? Well don't you?" [Tommy cuts into the side of Al's stomach with the saw]

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-->'''Tommy''': "Big Big tub of guts, I think you oughta have Dr. O'Shea's one second weight loss." [Tommy turns the saw back on]
-->'''Al''': "No! No!"
No! No!
-->'''Sal Paconi''': [restraining Al] "Hey, Hey, hey, hey, hey."
hey.
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': [pointing a gun at Al's head] "Don't Don't move fat man!"
man!
-->'''Sal Paconi''': "I I think Al's got the message here don't you Al? Huh? Don't you? Well don't you?" you? [Tommy cuts into the side of Al's stomach with the saw]



-->'''Sal Paconi''': "Chicki, we'll meet you and Reg down in the car." [Sal leaves]
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': "Get up, get up!" [takes a gun from his pocket and points it at Reg's head]

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-->'''Sal Paconi''': "Chicki, Chicki, we'll meet you and Reg down in the car." car. [Sal leaves]
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': "Get Get up, get up!" up! [takes a gun from his pocket and points it at Reg's head]



-->'''Chicki Paconi''': "Good night, bitch." [Chicki shoots Reg in the head]
* FashionShow: The movie opens with one.

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-->'''Chicki Paconi''': "Good Good night, bitch." bitch. [Chicki shoots Reg in the head]
* FashionShow: The movie opens with one.one, with plenty of shots of [[FanserviceExtra Fanservice Extras]] changing their clothes.



-->'''Paul''': "You got a problem?" [Paul pushes Chicki's face onto the table]

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-->'''Paul''': "You You got a problem?" problem? [Paul pushes Chicki's face onto the table]



-->'''Tommy O'Shea:''' "Wait, listen. Whatever you want. Whatever you need..."\\
'''Paul Kersey:''' "I don't need anything. But you...you need a bath."

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-->'''Tommy O'Shea:''' "Wait, Wait, listen. Whatever you want. Whatever you need..."\\
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'''Paul Kersey:''' "I I don't need anything. But you... you need a bath."
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the movie takes place in New York, it was shot entirely in Toronto.
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''Death Wish V: The Face of Death'' (1994) is the final movie of the ''Film/DeathWish'' series starring Creator/CharlesBronson.

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''Death Wish V: The Face of Death'' (1994) is the final movie of the ''Film/DeathWish'' series starring Creator/CharlesBronson.
Creator/CharlesBronson, and Bronson's final big-screen role.



* * AcidPool: Tommy O'Shea becomes Kersey's final kill in this fashion.

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* * AcidPool: Tommy O'Shea becomes Kersey's final kill in this fashion.
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* CreepyCrossdresser: One of the villains is Fredrick "Freddie Flakes" Garrity ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not at all played by Sid the coroner from]] ''{{CSI NY}}''), a high-priced mob assassin (nicknamed because of his frequent dandruff) who not only crossdresses during one of his schemes, but later, when hanging out with his girlfriend, comments her shoes, saying he can't wait to see how they fit. (He also has what is quite possibly the stupidest death of the series, immolated by an exploding soccer ball).

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* CreepyCrossdresser: One of the villains is Fredrick "Freddie Flakes" Garrity ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not at all played by Sid the coroner from]] ''{{CSI NY}}''), ''Series/{{CSINY}}''), a high-priced mob assassin (nicknamed because of his frequent dandruff) who not only crossdresses during one of his schemes, but later, when hanging out with his girlfriend, comments her shoes, saying he can't wait to see how they fit. (He also has what is quite possibly the stupidest death of the series, immolated by an exploding soccer ball).
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* * AcidPool: Tommy O'Shea becomes Kersey's final kill in this fashion.
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* AcidBath: Tommy O'Shea becomes Kersey's final kill in this fashion.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Every single murder in this movie is {{Gorn}}.
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* SequelEscalation

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* SequelEscalationSequelEscalation: Paul Kersey faces a smaller number of opponents, but kills them in more creative and sadistic ways.



* WretchedHive

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* WretchedHive
WretchedHive: New York City is featured as having an organized crime problem and an innefectual police.
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* TheBigRottenApple

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* TheBigRottenAppleTheBigRottenApple: A version of New York City where organized crime secretly controls legitimate businesses and police has no clue.

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* TheBigRottenApple



* ManOnFire: Happens to Freddie Flakes when Paul blows him up with a remote control soccer ball. After detonating the bomb, Paul watches as Freddie screams as he burns alive. Paul leaves just as Freddie dies.
* MayDecemberRomance: Charles Bronson (Paul Kersey) was 33 years older than Lesley-Anne Down (Olivia Regent)



* SequelEscalation




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* WretchedHive
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* PsychoticSmirk: Kersey sports one when he blows up Freddie Flakes with the soccer ball.
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''Death Wish V: The Face of Death'' (1994) is a movie in the ''Film/DeathWish'' series starring Creator/CharlesBronson.

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''Death Wish V: The Face of Death'' (1994) is a the final movie in of the ''Film/DeathWish'' series starring Creator/CharlesBronson.
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* AcidBath: Tommy O'Shea becomes Kersey's final kill in this fashion.

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* CreepyCrossdresser: One of the villains is Fredrick "Freddie Flakes" Garrity ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not at all played by Sid the coroner from]] ''{{CSI NY}}''), a high-priced mob assassin (nicknamed because of his frequent dandruff) who not only crossdresses during one of his schemes, but later, when hanging out with his girlfriend, comments her shoes, saying he can't wait to see how they fit. (He also has what is quite possibly the stupidest death of the series, immolated by an exploding soccer ball).



* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The movie has Kersey trying to settle down with another girlfriend until the bad guys she's trying to testify against disfigure her and later shoot her in the back.




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* SmugSnake: Tommy O'Shea, the BigBad. A slimy, Irish mobster, he always manges to escape prosecution [[spoiler: because he has a [[TheMole mole]] in the D.A's office]] but once Kersey gets his sights on him, he acts like its' a minor annoyance. Even when his [[TheDragon dragon]] Chicki warns him not to underestimate Kersey, O'Shea is far too confident in his plans. Sadly, his overconfidence proved to be his undoing, as he wasn't savvy enough to realize he was a villain in a ''Death Wish'' movie and therefore, doomed.
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''Death Wish V: The Face of Death'' (1994) is a movie in the ''Film/DeathWish'' series starring Creator/CharlesBronson.

Kersey returns to New York again, this time planning to settle down with a new girlfriend. But the girlfriend is involved in a mob case involving her ex-husband, a vicious mobster against whom the police want her to testify. When the mobster's goons disfigure her in a bid to keep her from testifying, Paul is warned by the cops not to return to his vigilante ways. But things go straight to hell when the girlfriend is gunned down, the mobster is "cleared" of all charges, and the girlfriend's daughter is kidnapped despite Kersey's best efforts to protect her, and Kersey must take the law into his own hands one more time for a final showdown.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* AnAssKickingChristmas: The action takes place around Christmastime.
* BigNo: Freddie Flakes' last words before being blown up and burned to death by a remote controlled soccer ball, controlled by Paul:
-->'''Paul''': "Hey, Freddie. I'm gonna take care of your dandruff problem for you."
-->'''Freddie''': "Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!" [Paul detonates the soccer ball]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The first person to die in the film is Reg, a black employee who works for Olivia Regent. [[BigBad Tommy]] [[TheDon O'Shea]] finds out that he talked to the police, he and the Paconi Brothers find Reg and torture him in retaliation. Sal and Chicki burn his hands and his face with a shirt presser. After that, Sal [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicks]] Reg twice before Chicki takes out a gun and kills him by shooting him execution style.
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': [[PreMortemOneLiner "Good night, bitch."]] [Chicki fires his gun]
* TheBrute: Tommy O'Shea's two most loyal men, the Paconi brothers, fall under this trope, Chicki especially.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the movie takes place in New York, it was shot entirely in Toronto.
%%* CoDragons: Sal and Chicki Paconi to Tommy O'Shea.
* DeliciousDistraction: Chicki Paconi has a huge liking for canolis, which unfortunately leads to his downfall, in which he is killed when Kersey sprinkles cyanide all over the canoli that he is eating.
%%* DirtyCop: FBIAgent Vasquez.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Sal Paconi is left discouraged and somewhat depressed after his brother Chicki, is killed.
* FalseReassurance: Happens twice.
** The first time it happens when Tommy O'Shea and the Paconi Brothers are getting ready to torture Big Al, one of their associates who works for Olivia Regent. Tommy turns on an electric saw, and is just about to cut into Al's stomach, when he suddenly turns the saw off. He tells Al to relax, leading Al to think that he's going to be okay, then, Tommy lifts up Al's shirt and sees the size of Al's stomach before the following is said:
-->'''Tommy''': "Big tub of guts, I think you oughta have Dr. O'Shea's one second weight loss." [Tommy turns the saw back on]
-->'''Al''': "No! No!"
-->'''Sal Paconi''': [restraining Al] "Hey, hey, hey, hey."
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': [pointing a gun at Al's head] "Don't move fat man!"
-->'''Sal Paconi''': "I think Al's got the message here don't you Al? Huh? Don't you? Well don't you?" [Tommy cuts into the side of Al's stomach with the saw]
** The second time happens with Reg, another employee of Olivia Regent. Ironically, Reg had witnessed what O'Shea and the Paconi Brothers had done to Al. After Sal slashed Reg's cheek with a knife, Reg goes to the police. When O'Shea and the Paconi Brothers find out about this, they find Reg, and when Reg refuses to say who he talked to, O'Shea tells Sal and Chicki to 'do what they want with him.' Sal and Chicki burn Reg's hands and face with a shirt presser, and after Sal kicks Reg twice, the following occurs, which gives a bit of reassurance that they are going to let Reg live:
-->'''Sal Paconi''': "Chicki, we'll meet you and Reg down in the car." [Sal leaves]
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': "Get up, get up!" [takes a gun from his pocket and points it at Reg's head]
--> ''[Reg struggles in pain from the burns he has]''
-->'''Chicki Paconi''': "Good night, bitch." [Chicki shoots Reg in the head]
* FashionShow: The movie opens with one.
* FatalFlaw: Similar to {{Delicious Distraction}}, Chicki Paconi’s addiction to canolis is what leads to his death at the hands of Paul Kersey.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Kersey breaks a bottle and uses it to cut Tommy O'Shea's face in retaliation for what one of O'Shea's goons had done to Kersey's girlfriend earlier in the film.
* IronicEcho: When Kersey kills Chicki Paconi by poisoning his canoli, the last words that Chicki hears are the words that he said to Kersey in their first encounter:
-->'''Paul''': "You got a problem?" [Paul pushes Chicki's face onto the table]
* OfCorsetsSexy: The fashion show starts with three women wearing corsets and sheer skirt and stockings.
* OneWomanWail: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yBvYG1_vI The main theme]].
* PreMortemOneLiner:
-->'''Tommy O'Shea:''' "Wait, listen. Whatever you want. Whatever you need..."\\
'''Paul Kersey:''' "I don't need anything. But you...you need a bath."
* PrettyInMink: Chicki Paconi accosts a woman in a fur coat.
* ShowgirlSkirt: The fashion show starts with some women wearing sheer skirts with their corsets.

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