3 Movies Directed by Michael Winner

Death Wish

Death Wish

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-07-24

Languages:

English, Italian, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(23322 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Winner

Cast:

Writer:

Brian Garfield (novel)

Wendell Mayes (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Open-minded architect Paul Kersey returns to New York City from vacationing with his wife, feeling on top of the world. At the office, his cynical coworker gives him the welcome-back with a warning on the rising crime rate. But Paul, a bleeding-heart liberal, thinks of crime as being caused by poverty. However his coworker's ranting proves to be more than true when Paul's wife is killed and his daughter is raped in his own apartment. The police have no reliable leads and his overly sensitive son-in-law only exacerbates Paul's feeling of hopelessness. He is now facing the reality that the police can't be everywhere at once. Out of sympathy his boss gives him an assignment in sunny Arizona where Paul gets a taste of the Old West ideals. He returns to New York with a compromised view on muggers...

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-05-12

Languages:

English, Italian, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (5739 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Winner

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Jeffrey Konvitz (novel)

Michael Winner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, but finds out that the house is only occupied by the priest and herself, and ultimately discovers that she has been put in the house for a reason.

Death Wish II

Death Wish II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-02-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (9479 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Winner

Cast:

Writer:

David Engelbach

Brian Garfield (characters)

Fullplot:

Paul Kersey, the vigilante, now lives in LA with his daughter, who is still recovering from her attack. He also has a new woman in his life. One day while with them, Kersey is mugged by some punks, Kersey fights back, but they get away. The leader, wanting to get back at Kersey, goes to his house, but Kersey and his daughter Carol are not there. The muggers rape his housekeeper, and when Kersey and his daughter arrive, they knock him out and kidnap her. After they assault her, she leaps out of a window to her death. Kersey then grabs his gun and goes after them. When the LA authorities, deduce they have a vigilante, they decide to consult with New York, who had their vigilante problem. Now the New York officials, knowing that Kersey lives in LA, fears that he's back to his old habit. Fearing that Kersey, when caught will reveal that they let him go instead of prosecuting him send Inspector Ochoa to make sure that doesn't happen.

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