A vigilante with a mysterious past. A city under assault by crime. A young mother and her child that need saving. Sounds like a Charles Bronson movie. And thanks to actor Robert Bronzi, who looks pretty much exactly like the Bronson we know, love and miss, it looks like we get the chance to enjoy one more chance to enjoy one of his films. At least that's the idea.

Bronzi previously appeared in From Hell to the Wild West, which was also directed by the same director as this movie, Rene Perez. Here, he plays The Stranger, a man who may or may not be Paul Kersey, who wanders the United States looking for wrongs to right. One of those wrongs happened when Ana's (Eva Hamilton, Ruin Me) daughter was hit by a bullet and handicapped. Since then, he's left her money to help out of a sense of obligation.

This could be a Death Wish film with all the violence, gunplay, rape and mayhem, thanks to Richard Tyson as Tyrell. One look at Tyson's IMDB page reminds you he was in Kindergarten Cop, but also shows you that he's a working actor with double digit roles currently in production.

The part that doesn't feel like a Death Wish movie is that The Stranger isn't constantly reminded by an unfeeling God just how much He hates His creation, killing everyone that Paul Kersey loves. Well that and it's missing any real motivation or actual gravitas behind why The Stranger does what he does. It's like they wanted to fast forward to the crazy scenes of Death Wish 3 without the hard work and pain that it took for the character to get there. Basically, it's a video game with no gun scenes, just gunplay.

Director/writer Perez also plays all of the film's music as The Darkest Machines and the 80's style synth works pretty well. The special effects feature plenty of exit wounds that spray geysers of blood like a Japanese samurai film, but as they're often CGI, then feel a little less organic than they should.

Daniel Baldwin also shows up as a right wing DJ that we hear throughout the movie. It seems like he and The Stranger have some kind of relationship where they help one another to get their missions accomplished.

Plenty of reviews have stated that there's really no story here and that it's mostly a series of action pieces. Basically, I hope that no one is coming into this movie expecting the emotional weight of Death Wish. That said, I may have an opinion on this film that's not the highest, but Bronson did say: "We don't make movies for the critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow."

A vigilante (a perfectly stoic portrayal by Charles Bronson lookalike Robert "Bronzi" Kovacs) with a mysterious past arrives in a crime-infested neighborhood to clean up the streets. The man not only helps out single mother Ana (a solid and appealing performance by the fetching Eva Hamilton), but also takes on the evil Tyrell (Richard Tyson in fine nasty form) and his gang.

Writer/director Rene Perez relates the enjoyable and engrossing story at a zippy pace, delivers a handy helping of graphic blood-spurting violence, maintains a tough gritty tone throughout, stages the exciting action with skill and aplomb, and tosses in some tasty gratuitous female nudity for trashy good measure. Moreover, the assortment of sleazy no-count villains are a deliciously despicable bunch. Daniel Baldwin contributes a stand-out turn as angry and outspoken talk radio show host Dan Forthright. The funky synthesizer score hits the get-down groovy spot. A really cool flick.

Robert Bronzi, a Charles Bronson look-alike plays a similar type of vigilante. He gets tips from Daniel Baldwin, a talk show host who hates criminals, liberals, the justice system, and cops. He gives the money he takes from criminals to a young woman and her crippled daughter.

Rene Perez is one of my favorite low budget directors, always including a "so bad it is good scene" or two or three. This one was the silly car door shootout. Bronzi doesn't speak much, which is just as well, because he is poor at delivering lines.

The outdoors scenes look like that same location used for Rene's earlier fantasy films. It also includes Leia Perez who has also appeared in several of Rene Perez's films and Malorie Glavan who can't act but knows how to scream topless quite well. The film borders on cheese which is why I like them...and Malorie Glavan.

Guide: F-word, rape, nudity (Malorie Glavan, Eva Hamilton)