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DEATH WISH 3

Label: Kino Lorber. 

Physical Media Release Date: 10/28/25.

Form of Release: 4K UHD + Blu-ray. 

DEATH WISH 3 SYNOPSIS:

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

 

If he can’t find justice…he’ll make his own! The legend Charles Bronson (Death Wish I & II) is back as Paul Kersey, notorious vigilante, in Death Wish 3. He is stalking the mean streets of New York, and they’ve gotten meaner. Kersey has returned to the Rotting Apple at the invitation of a friend from Korean War days whose neighborhood is being terrorized by a gang of vicious young thugs. Arriving only to find his old buddy slain, Kersey resolves to terminate the hoodlums’ crime wave and restore the neighborhood to its people. Alone, but armed to the gills with guns, knives—even a bazooka—Kersey ventures out into the urban battle zone with a message for every hood around: Come and get me. He’s one law-and-order man who doesn’t believe in governmental capital punishment…but that’s because Kersey is capital punishment. Hailed as “one of the strangest, most gloriously violent films of the 1980s” (Den of Geek), this guns-blazing, no-holds-barred, action-packed classic was the sixth and final collaboration between Bronson and renegade director Michael Winner (Chato’s Land, The Mechanic, The Stone Killer, Death Wish I & II). The strong supporting cast features Deborah Raffin (God Told Me ToNightmare in Badham County), Ed Lauter (Breakheart PassDeath Hunt), Gavan O’Herlihy (Never Say Never Again), Alex Winter (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), Kirk Taylor (Full Metal Jacket) and Martin Balsam (PsychoThe Stone Killer).

OUR FILM REVIEW

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the third Death Wish movie gets a significant upgrade. Featuring a brand new HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative, the film is truly the ideal viewing experience for fans of the Charles Bronson franchise. Included in the package are a 2.0 track and a DTS HD 5.1 remaster up for the choosing, with neither of them stunning in comparison to previous releases of this exact film. This third entry is not the best story of the franchise, nor the best made, but its absurdity makes for one of the most fun.

SPECIAL FEATURES 

  • DISC ONE - 4K UHD

    • Audio Commentary by Film Historian Paul Talbot, the Author of the Bronson’s Loose! Books

    • NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson

    • Alternate Ending (Newly Restored in HDR and SDR) with Audio Commentary by Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson

    • Interview with Actor Kirk Taylor

    • Theatrical Trailer

DEATH WISH 3

RT Critic Score (as of 10/28/25)

15%.

RT Audience Score (as of 10/28/25)

53%.

MPAA

R.

Runtime 

90 minutes.

Original Release 

1985.

Video 

Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)

Subtitles 

English SDH

Discs

4K Ultra HD
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD-100, 1 BD-50)

Digital 

N/A

Packaging

Slipcover in Original Pressing

Reversible Cover

Playback
4K Blu-ray: Region free
2K Blu-ray: Region A​​​

OUR VERDICT:

+ First Time on 4K UHD

+ Charles Bronson Fans Will Be Pleased

+ A Ridiculous yet Fun Sequel

+/- The Third Entry in the Death Wish Franchise

Negative Reception

x5 Special Features

+ x3 Audio Commentaries

- NO Digital Code Included

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