“Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects” is another rough and tough crime picture in which Charles Bronson (“Death Wish”, “Mr. Majestyk”) serves as judge, jury and executioner. He’s already taken on muggers, street gangs and drug dealers so now he’s taking the fight to child molesters.

A no-nonsense L.A. cop (Bronson) finds himself using increasingly brutal methods as he takes down child molesters. His own daughter finds himself touched in public by a Japanese businessman (James Pax “Big Trouble In Little China”) but then the Japanese businessman’s daughter gets kidnapped and Bronson’s Lieutenant Crowe must race to rescue her and he’ll use any means necessary to get the job done.

Charles Bronson is good as always as he delivers his lines with a great level of personality and even though he’s clearly not in his prime here, there’s a decent amount of action in this movie. I do think that an early scene in which Bronson uses an ‘unorthodox’ method to deal with a child molester in a hotel room goes a bit too far and doesn’t help you root for him. The film spends a lot of time with the Japanese businessman character. He moves to L.A. and doesn’t quite understand the difference between American and Japanese cultures when he touches Bronson’s daughter but you end up feeling sorry for the guy because of what happens to his daughter. The bad guys are generic.

“Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects” undeniably features some of the most unpleasant/awkward scenes you’ll ever see a 1980s action movie. However, in a way, that makes you want to see Bronson dish out justice all the more. The original “Death Wish” featured a somewhat graphic scene of sexual assault and while this movie is perhaps not as graphic, the fact that many of the movie’s victims are children does make this a lot harder to watch. I prefer “Death Wish” but “Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects” is good enough for me and I do like the way the film focuses on both the L.A. cop and the Japanese businessman.