Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Movie review - "The Evil That Men Do" (1984) ** (warning: spoilers)

 Bronson and Thompson but not a Cannon Film - ITC. It's actually not a bad story - Bronson is sent to assassinate a torturer in Suriname. There's torture of a naked man, Bronson pretends to be a bisexual married man to pick up bisexual Raymond St Jacques, Bronson lies under a bed as two women make love, Teresa Saladana is in one of her first post-stalking-stabbing roles, J. Lee Thompson was called in to replace Fielder Cook at the last minute.

It was all shot in Mexico and I think that adds to it. The script is solid - the torturer is smart, there's decent complications in the form of a local CIA officer. They throw in a car chase and Bronson blows some people away. The torturer is killed by a random group of miners at the end, which is actually a nice touch.

It's not a bad movie. More routine apart from that bisexual scene.

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