在这部猛龙怪客5：死神现身剧情/动作/惊悚/犯罪片中,《猛龙怪客5》是系列的最终章。查尔斯·布朗森饰演的保罗·柯西，这一次在纽约结识了女强人奥利维亚。然而二人的感情之路并不是那么顺利。奥利维亚的前夫，帮派头目汤米为了他们女儿的抚养权时时刻刻都在找奥利维亚的麻烦。在汤米得知保罗的存在后，奥利维亚随之被毁容，更在闯入家中的帮派分子手下遇害。保罗为了复仇，更是为了女儿的安全，决定再一次起身反击。而这一次他不得不另寻他法了。
《猛龙怪客5》拍摄时，查尔斯·布朗森已经七十三岁了。老查在这一系列作品中最后潇洒离去的背影，使人不得不发出“老骥伏枥，志在千里”的感慨。
New York's garment district has turns into Dodge City when mobster Tommy O'Shea muscles in on the fashion trade of his ex-wife Olivia Regent. Olivia is engaged to Paul Kersey, who provides a sense of security for herself and her daughter Chelsea. Olivia isn't impressed when Tommy tortures her manager, Big Al, so Tommy hires an enforcer named Freddie Flakes, who is a master of disguise. Freddie dons women's clothing to follow Olivia into a ladies' room, where he smashes her face into a mirror, causing permanent disfigurement. In the offices of D.A. Tony Hoyle and his associate Hector Vasquez, Paul and Olivia vow to see to it that Tommy is prosecuted. Later, Freddie and two of his men disguise themselves as cops, infiltrate Olivia's apartment, and shoot Olivia dead. Now Kersey is ready to take things into his own hands. Kersey follows Tommy's thug Chickie Paconi to the Paconi family bistro, where Kersey kills Chickie by lacing his cannelloni with cyanide. Next, Paul tricks Freddie out of his fortress-like home and blows him up with a rigged ball. After dispatching the corrupt Hector Vasquez with a gun concealed in a doll, Kersey discovers that D.A. Hoyle is in cahoots with Tommy. Using Chelsea as bait, Tommy lures Paul to Olivia's factory for a confrontation.
