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A professional killer comes out ot retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend. Director:J. Lee Thompson |
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Rhiana
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| Joseph Maher | ... |
Molloch
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| José Ferrer | ... |
Hector Lomelin
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| René Enríquez | ... |
Max
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Briggs
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Raymond St. Jacques | ... |
Randolph
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Claire
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Enrique Lucero | ... |
Aristos
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Jorge Luke | ... |
Cillero
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Mischa Hausserman | ... |
Karl
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Roger Cudney | ... |
Cannell
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Constanza Hool | ... |
Isabel
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Santiago
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Jorge Zepeda | ... |
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Clement Moloch is a doctor but instead of using his skills to heal; he uses them to torture. He works for governments including the U.S. who wants insurgents dealt with. Now several of his victims want him dead and after several attempts fail. Holland, a retried killer for hire, is informed of the death of an old friend who was trying to kill Moloch. Holland initially stating that he is retired doesn't take the job. But he changes his mind. He asks for woman and a child to accompany him so that he could appear to be a family man. And the woman who goes with him is the wife of his friend, who brings her daughter along. When Holland arrives he notices that Moloch is heavily protected so he starts by taking out his people. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 September 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Az erőszak pokla See more »Filming Locations:
MexicoBox Office
Budget:
$4,600,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Holland: We're not usual tourists. You know what I mean?
Randolph, Molloch's Bodyguard: Aha... Life just gets dull and nothing like a little variety to spice things up.
Holland: That's right. Nancy and me, we come from a small town up in Nebraska. And we always have to go someplace else for excitement and variety, you know?
Randolph, Molloch's Bodyguard: Bart, just what kind of excitement are you looking for?
Holland: You know, me and Nancy, we've been into a lot of things. We learned tricks you wouldn't believe. We've been into things ...
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This picture was filmed in Mexico as was Charles Bronson's earlier movies Cabo Blanco (1980) and Borderline (1980). See more »Goofs
At the start of a car chase where Holland lets Rhiana drive, a part of Rhiana's skirt gets caught in the door as she closes it, but it is free in subsequent shots. See more »Quotes
Randolph, Molloch's Bodyguard: This is not your usual tourist attraction.Holland: We're not usual tourists. You know what I mean?
Randolph, Molloch's Bodyguard: Aha... Life just gets dull and nothing like a little variety to spice things up.
Holland: That's right. Nancy and me, we come from a small town up in Nebraska. And we always have to go someplace else for excitement and variety, you know?
Randolph, Molloch's Bodyguard: Bart, just what kind of excitement are you looking for?
Holland: You know, me and Nancy, we've been into a lot of things. We learned tricks you wouldn't believe. We've been into things ...
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The Evil That Men Do is at once typical and atypical Charles Bronson 1980s fare. On one hand, it contains the grind house trademarks of graphic violence and gratuitous sex that characterized most of Bronson's eighties output. At the same time, it touches on serious political themes that most of his other action films shied away from.
In particular, the film examines the torture being carried out by right wing Latin American regimes during that decade with tacit American support. Unlike most of the right wing vigilante films that Bronson appeared in, this film takes a subtle, if not particularly well explored left wing tack.
The film's violence will not disappoint action or gore fans. The opening torture sequence, reportedly heavily cut, is still quite gruesome. Furthermore, the villains meet some of the nastier deaths in action film history, particularly in the bloody climax. The Columbia / TriStar DVD release renders all this in a beautifully restored print, making it look like it was released yesterday, rather than 26 years ago.
However, one cannot help but wish their had been a more open examination of the political themes that underlie the film, particularly the American involvement in human rights abuses. The film itself begs for a remake, focusing on torture during the War on Terror.