the film in the video market, but it was not as lucrative as Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987). The main cause of the problem was the 1994 Northridge earthquake that happened on January 17, 1994, just 3 days after the release. Multiple broken home video releases of the film led to the failure of the film and inability to buy or rent the film for a month. Critical response Death Wish V received overwhelmingly negative reviews and holds a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 5 critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 25 out of 100 based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Chris Willman of the Los Angeles Times criticized the film series' repeated recycling of the same basic plotline, and Charles Bronson's perceptible boredom with the Paul Kersey role, and said that even fans of the series would find this particular installment unbearably dull. Stephen Holden of The New York Times also remarked that Bronson "sounds terminally bored", and criticised the film for its sadistic violence. Richard Harrington of The Washington Post said the film "looks and feels older than its original mold." He criticized that by this point Bronson was embarrassingly old for the part of an action hero (approaching 73 years old, at this time ), and that the Death Wish plot had been done past the point of any interest. Varietys Joe Leydon likewise said the film "finds both the character and the series looking mighty tired." Like Willman, he said that Bronson seemed bored with his role and that the film failed to provide any fresh twist to the Death Wish plotline. He further remarked that series fans would find it a major disappointment due to the low body count, slow pace, and general lack of excitement. Other media Cancelled sequel On the release of the fifth installment, Charles Bronson was reportedly unhappy with the film, along with the third and the fourth installments. Because of the film's failure at the box office, Bronson promised not to reprise his role as Paul Kersey in future installments, if there were any to come. However, Menahem Golan later reported of his plans to make a sixth film titled Death Wish 6: The New Vigilante, releasing somewhere in the late 1990s and introducing a new follower for Paul Kersey to keep up the legacy of vigilantism. However,