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  Death Wish II: Euthanasia, the Second Time Around
The common features are three: (1) a shift in medical ethics brought on by leaders in the medical profession itself; (2) the dominance in public life and policy of an ethos that sees death as a positive instrument for progress; and (3) the linkage of mercy killing to economic gain or good business.
These judges, doctors, and scientists were leaders in their fields, progressives, self-styled “modernists,” who sought to apply the successful techniques of industry and the values of efficiency and cost-accounting to questions of healing, life, and death.
The flashpoint was abortion; the restraint on progress was the Christian insistence on the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death.
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  Death Wish II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Death Wish II, 1982, was the first sequel to Death Wish.
Death Wish II proved controversial even before it was released, with the British Board of Film Classification cutting over three minutes out of the notorious scene in which Bronson's home is invaded by a group of drugged-out hooligans who gang-rape his Spanish maid.
There appears to be no definitive (or director's) cut of the film, and Death Wish II seems to exist in numerous slightly different versions, depending on where you are.
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 Death Wish Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Death Wish II The second movie Death Wish II (1982) is considered the weakest of the series by many as it disregards all the societal commentary and thematic elements the first movie featured in favour of exploitive and graphic violence, which garnered it an X-rating.
Death Wish 3 (1985) is held by many to be the best entry of the series.
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) is set in Los Angeles and follows the activities of Paul Kersey (again played by actor Charles Bronson, who was 66 years old at the time the movie was made) are financed by a wealthy individual bent upon avenging a drug-related death.
www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Death_Wish   (824 words)

  
 Death Wish II Movie -The 80s Rewind «
This is probably the Death Wish instalment that divides fans and audiences the most: it’s entertaining for most of its running time after the first twenty minutes - the section with the horrendous misogyny.
In fact, she may be the only female member of the cast in the entire Death Wish series who isn’t raped or attacked or threatened or beaten.
Death Wish 2 was filmed on location in Los Angeles (unlike Death Wish 3, which was partially filmed in the UK despite being set in New York) - specifically, parts of it were filmed in Olvera Street, Los Angeles.
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 Encyclopedia: Death Wish II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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Death Wish is a 1974 film directed by Michael Winner, based on a novel by Brian Garfield, starring Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, an architect turned vigilante following the murder of his wife (Hope Lange) and rape of his daughter (Kathleen Tolan).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Death-Wish-II   (378 words)

  
 DVD Talk > Reviews > Death Wish 2 > Printer Friendly
Death Wish II picks up shortly after the first film in the series ends, with Paul Kersey (Bronson) now living in Los Angeles trying to rebuild his life with his daughter Carol, who still suffers from mental trauma over the death of her mother.
MGM's release of Death Wish II is the R rated cut of the film and is not the uncut version that has recently been released outside of North America.
MGM's release of Death Wish 2 is presented open matte (despite the disclaimer at the beginning of the presentation stating that it has been modified to fit your TV, it's not a pan and scan transfer) and so is a full screen presentation.
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 Death Wish II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Death Wish II terms defined : Death Wish II
The movie Death Wish II was directed by American Michael Winner.
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 Touchstone Archives: Death Wish II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The common features are three: (1) a shift in medical ethics brought on by leaders in the medical profession itself; (2) the dominance in public life and policy of an ethos that sees death as a positive instrument for progress; and (3) the linkage of mercy killing to economic gain or good business.
These judges, doctors, and scientists were leaders in their fields, progressives, self-styled “modernists,” who sought to apply the successful techniques of industry and the values of efficiency and cost-accounting to questions of healing, life, and death.
The flashpoint was abortion; the restraint on progress was the Christian insistence on the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death.
www.touchstonemag.com /archives/article.php?id=14-10-030-f   (3004 words)

  
 Death Wish II (1982)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The original "Death Wish" was a well-done exploitation flick with the professional gloss of an A picture; despite its relatively shallow insight into the murky moral terrain of vigilante justice, it contained an intensely subdued performance by Charles Bronson, and confident direction by Michael Winner.
By comparison, "Death Wish 2" is a typical sequel, taking what the original had and dumbing it down to milk some cash for the franchise.
In the best-case scenario, "Death Wish 2" is no masterpiece, but the perfect Novocaine to apply after a particularly rotten day.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0082250   (696 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Death Wish 2: DVD: Charles Bronson,Jill Ireland,Vincent Gardenia,J.D. Cannon,Anthony Franciosa,Ben ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Enter "Death Wish 2," a picture that finds New York City vigilante Paul Kersey pulling up roots from the place of his first exile (Chicago) in order to head to sunnier digs in Southern California.
Carol's death scene is particularly tough to watch, as are the atrocities visited upon the poor Rosario.
The sad fact is that Death Wish 2 is a vile and disgusting pile of cinematic sexual sadism.
www.amazon.com /Death-Wish-2-Charles-Bronson/dp/B0000YEEQM   (2145 words)

  
 Ziggy's Video Realm: Charles Bronson in Death Wish (1974)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Far more than just the first entry in an enjoyable series, Death Wish is a great film in its own right, serving as not only a satisfying, well paced action flick, but also an interesting character study with far more depth than many people are willing to give it credit for.
What’s more, Death Wish never once strays into the realm of the utterly unbelievable; rather than giving into the temptation to go over the top, it always stays within the realm of the possible, and the characters always remain at the level of mere mortals (though Kersey would break this mold in the later films).
Death Wish is a cult classic that has stood the test of time; indeed, it may even have improved with age.
www.reelcriticism.com /ziggyrealm/reviews/deathwish.html   (1468 words)

  
 Death Wish 2–4 (MGM) Review on STUFF MAGAZINE DOT COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Charles Bronson’s Paul Kersey, an architect turned Dirty Harry vigilante, is more fun than a barrel of monkeys…hell-bent on getting revenge for the murder of their wives and the rape of their daughters.
Death Wish II: Eight years after Kersey blasted the New York slime to hell he moves to L.A. to care for his recovering daughter.
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown: Even though Chucky was well into old age for this one, it doesn’t stop him from targeting drug dealers when his friend’s daughter dies of an OD.
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 TroyRutter.com - DVD : Death Wish 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
With such strring exchanges of theologically-based dialogue, "Death Wish II" was unleashed...
Unlike Death Wish 1 which actually had a decent plot and acting, or Death Wish 3and4 where they went for an all out Rambo-style action, Death Wish 2 is a flop.
The worst thing about Death Wish 2 is that it could have been a good movie.
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 Xploited Cinema - DEATH WISH / DEATH WISH 2 ULTIMATE DOUBLE PACK
In the groundbreaking DEATH WISH and its brutal sequel, Bronson is the mild-mannered businessman turned vigilante who becomes judge, jury and executioner to turn the tide of crime in the big city.
At long last Death Wish II is available on DVD with the infamous rape sequence in all it's uncut glory without the optical fogging that was present on other versions.
Some dialogue is missing from DEATH WISH II that is only present in a Greek videotape.
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 Death Wish II
A much harsher film than the first entry in the series, Death Wish II is a violent and sleazy affair.
While not as believable as the original Death Wish, this sequel is still quite good and worth seeking out.
Death Wish II appears to be mastered from the same print as the Brazilian release, but this is anamorphic (1.85:1), whereas the other release wasn't.
www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/A-D/death_wish_2.html   (536 words)

  
 Death Wish II -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Death Wish II, 1982, was the first sequel to ((psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die) Death Wish.
The movie starred (Click link for more info and facts about Charles Bronson) Charles Bronson and was directed by (Click link for more info and facts about Michael Winner) Michael Winner.
The soundtrack, also titled (Click link for more info and facts about Death Wish II) Death Wish II, was done by (Click link for more info and facts about Jimmy Page) Jimmy Page.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/death_wish_ii1.htm   (90 words)

  
 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Death Wish II (xhtml)
Although the original DEATH WISH (1974) had its detractors, it was an effective movie that spoke directly to the law-and-order mentality of the Nixon-Ford era.
DEATH WISH II is a disaster by comparison.
What's most shocking about DEATH WISH II is the lack of artistry and skill in the filmmaking.
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 Death Wish II (album) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Death Wish II (album) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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 The Ruthless Guide To 80s Action: RUTHLESS REVIEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The deaths aren't as artful or plentiful as the third installment, but enough people die to satisfy any hard core Bronson fan.
That was cool and all, but perhaps not as good as Bronson's Mexican maid who is raped and beaten to death with a tire iron.
And then there is Fishburne's death where he stupidly puts a boom box in front of his face to block a bullet.
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 Ziggy's Video Realm: Charles Bronson in Death Wish II (1982)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This transitional chapter in the Death Wish series is generally the most heavily censored of the bunch, and with good reason; those who happen across an uncut print of Death Wish II are in for one of the harshest attack sequences ever to make it past the censors.
Whereas the original Death Wish is a character study with an action component and chapters three through five are straight up formula action flicks, Death Wish II lies somewhere in between.
In any case, however, Death Wish II still is a very good film, and a must for anyone who has already become initiated into the franchise (you’ll definitely want to have seen the original first).
www.reelcriticism.com /ziggyrealm/reviews/deathwish2.html   (1410 words)

  
 Euthanasia, Malcolm Muggeridge, The Humane Holocaust and the Great Liberal Death Wish, Traditional Catholic Reflections ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Thus a child conceived in conditions of penury, or with a poor heredity, or against its mother's wishes, or otherwise potentially handicapped, may be considered as lacking the requisite quality of life prospects, and so should not be born.
The thing that impressed me, and the thing that touched off my awareness of the great liberal death wish, my sense that western man was, as it were, sleep-walking into his own ruin, was the extraordinary performance of the liberal intelligentsia, who, in those days, flocked to Moscow like pilgrims to Mecca.
In contradistinction, this is the liberal death wish, holding out the fallacious and ultimately destructive hope that we can construct a happy, fulfilled life in terms of our physical and material needs, and in the moral and intellectual dimensions of our mortality.
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 Death Wish | Video Review | Entertainment Weekly
In the original Death Wish (not to mention the three sequels to date), Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a New York architect who's such a ''bleeding heart'' that he was a conscientious objector in Korea (i.e., before Vietnam made it okay).
The muggers that Death Wish's Kersey goes gunning for after his wife and daughter are assaulted have as much personality as shooting-range silhouettes (which, let's face it, is their function).
Paul Kersey's wife and daughter in Death Wish are sacrificial lambs, dispatched brutally and efficiently in the first 10 minutes.
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 CAP Report MAR-0009, DEATH WISH II (1981)
Death Wish II was so filled with examples of unacceptable material in Wanton Violence/Crime, Impunity/Hate*, and Sex/Homosexuality which occurred so rapidly in bursts that a completely accurate accounting of each occurrence was not possible with the equipment available.
Death Wish II lost most of its points in Wanton Violence/Crime due to graphic violence, rape with nudity, gang attack of helpless people, and murder in the name of vengence.
In accordance with the comparative baseline data, Deathwish II was R material in Wanton Violence/Crime, Impunity/Hate, Sex/Homosexuality, and Murder/Suicide.
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 Death Wish 3
He gave Death Wish II no stars at all.
It seemed that he was tired, and was just going through the motions for the paycheck.
Death Wish 3 grossed $16 million dollars in the USA.
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 Death_Wish Magic the Gathering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
If she doesn't, Q2 will be granted mortality so he can fulfill his death wish...
Death Wish is in many ways a fascinating novel, primarily because of...
The second film (Death Wish 2, obviously) dealt with Kersey in LA, where his daughter is a victim...
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 Graphic Arts Monthly: Death Wish II: House Votes Again to Kill Tax.(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The House voted 274 to 154 to approve H.R. 8, the Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001; 58 Democrats voted in favor of the measure.
Later, an attempt to override the veto failed, as the vote of 274 to 157 fell short of a two-thirds majority required.
"The death tax has been haunting American families for nearly a century," said bill sponsor Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) at a Capitol Hill press conference prior to the House vote.
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 Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
The O'Shea mob starts to put the screws on Olivia's business and those working for her and the local D.A Tony Hoyle, Saul Rubinek, gets a number of workers in the garment center to agree to testify against O'Shea and his mob.
Charles Bronson's Paul Kersey takes on organized crime in "Death Wish 5" unlike the mostly unorganized street thugs and criminals that he took on in the previous four "Death Wish" films and like in the earlier movies he does them in, and finishes them off, in the most spectacular ways that he can devise.
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 Related Website - Death Wish II (1982) - CAP Report MAR-0009, DEATH WISH II (1981)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Death Wish II lost most of its points in Wanton Violence/Crime due to graphic...
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Death Wish II (1982) - Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent...
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