for the ailing Filmways. The company still ended 1982 with losses of $52.7 million. It was subsequently purchased by Orion Pictures. It made a $2 million profit for Cannon Films and made an extra $29 million worldwide. It has since earned further money at home and abroad through release for the video market. A poll for HBO noted Death Wish II to be higher in demand by paying viewers than Chariots of Fire (1981). Critical response Vincent Canby of The New York Times said it was "even more foolish, more tacky, and more self-righteously inhumane than the 1974 melodrama off which it has been spun" and "so lethargic that it fails even to provoke outrage." He particularly criticized the way the film essentially repeats the plot of the original, the contrived incompetence of the police characters, and Jill Ireland's unconvincing performance. Roger Ebert gave it zero stars, noting that he reserves this rating solely for those very few films that are both "artistically inept and morally repugnant." Citing the lethargic tone of the acting and directing, the lack of plot, the lifeless dialogue, and the weak action sequences, he concluded, "while the first film convinced me of Bronson's need for vengeance, this one is just a series of dumb killings." Variety called it "every bit as revolting as... the original". On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 33% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 3.58/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 11 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "Overwhelming Dislike". The movie was nominated for a Stinkers Bad Movie Awards for Worst Picture. The film was nominated for a Razzie Awards for Worst Musical Score. See also List of films featuring home invasions References External links 1982 films Death Wish (film series) 1982 action thriller films 1980s crime thriller films 1980s vigilante films American action thriller films Columbia Pictures films Paramount Pictures films 1980s English-language films Films directed by Michael Winner Films set in Los Angeles Films shot in Los Angeles Golan-Globus films American rape and revenge films American sequel films Filmways films Films produced by Menahem Golan Films produced by Yoram Globus Films scored by Jimmy Page 1980s American films