Death Wish II is a 1982
crime thriller action film directed by
Michael Winner. It is the
first of four sequels to the 1974 film
Death Wish. In
Death Wish II, architect Paul Kersey (
Charles Bronson) moves to Los Angeles with his daughter (Robin Sherwood). After his daughter is murdered at the hands of several gang members, Kersey is once again forced to become a vigilante. Unlike the original, in which he hunts down every criminal he encounters, Kersey only pursues his family's attackers. The sequel makes a complete break from the
Brian Garfield novels
Death Wish and
Death Sentence, redefining the Paul Kersey character.