Bronson was offered 4 million dollars to reprise his role, more than a half of the film's entire budget. The temperamental star voiced his displeasure frequently to the writer, Gail Morgan Hickman during the production of Death Wish 4. "Charlie was a guy who could be impulsive and unpredictable," Hickman says. "Every day, we would show up on the set and Charlie would apart what he was to shoot. He would say, 'This sucks.' We would quickly go over the morning shoot. You couldn't [change] that much, because they were ready to shoot, but we would make some reparations to the dialogue. Then, in between takes, we would go over the pages for the afternoon shoot and Charlie would say, 'This sucks'; 'This is stupid'; 'I don't like this'; 'I hate this line here'; 'Why can't he say this". The villain "Nathan White" was played by John P. Ryan. Golan hired him after loving his work in Runaway Train (1985) and Ryan would say himself that he also loved working with "the Cannon duo". Erica's actor, Dana Barron said that "The cast was amazing. Everyone was happy to be there. We felt like we were continuing the [Death Wish] legacy". Filming The previous three films of the series featured youthful street punks as villains, while the fourth covered new ground featuring adult representatives of organized crime. Principal photography was originally scheduled to begin in January 1987. However, the start was delayed for March 1987, but was delayed once again. The delays were due to stipulations in a line-of-credit agreements that prohibited The Cannon Group, Inc. from having more than two movies in principal photography at the same time. Warner Communications Inc. had guaranteed a $25-million line of credit for the financially troubled Cannon Group, Inc. in December 1986. Finally, the filming started on April 13, 1987, and most of the scenes were filmed all around Los Angeles. Music Due to the financial problems that Cannon Group, inc. suffered, most of the music was re-used from the previous films of the company, including 10 to Midnight (1983) and Missing in Action (1984). However, some of the music was composed by John Bisharat and a partner duo, Paul and Valentine McCallum. Release Home media Media Home Entertainment released the film on video in April 1988, having agreed with Cannon to a 2 million dollars advance. Over 100,000 cassettes were sold to rental