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Titolo originale: The Evil That Men Do

1984
VM14
1h 30min

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A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA former assassin comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.A former assassin comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.A former assassin comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.

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Max Ortiz
(as Rene Enriquez)

John Glover

Briggs

Raymond St. Jacques

Randolph

Antoinette Bower

Claire Moloch

Enrique Lucero

Aristos

Jorge Luke

Cillero

Mischa Hausserman

Karl

Roger Cudney

Cannell

Constanza Hool

Isabel

Joe Seneca

Santiago

Jorge Zepeda

Victim

Conrad Hool

Fugitive
(as Alan Conrad)

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Cafe Owner
(as Ernesto Gomez Cruz)

Angélica Aragón

Maria
(as Angelica Aragon)

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It was originally intended that Bronson's real-life wife Jill Ireland play Holland's (Bronson) wife Rhiana, but as associate producer she advocated for Theresa Saldana to play the role. Saldana had survived being stabbed ten times with a 5 1/2-inch hunting knife by an obsessive stalker only 2 years earlier and was looking to get back into acting in films. After much debate with the producers Saldana was allowed to play the role and insisted on doing some of her own (minor) stunts to prove she was physically alright. That same year, Saldana played herself in the film Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984), which reenacted her miraculous survival of the murder attempt.

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The doctor's Mercury Grand Marquis which is attacked by the miners during the climax switches from an early 1980s model to a 1974 Ford LTD.

Citazioni
Holland: He knows we're here.
Rhiana Hidalgo: How could you tell?
Holland: He didn't ask.

Curiosità sui crediti
Writers R. Lance Hill and David Lee Henry are the same person. Hill was given the chance to adapt his own novel but used the pseudonym David Lee Henry. His work on the script was eventually written out by John Crowther, though the pseudonym of Henry still received a credit.

Versioni alternative
The original UK cinema version was cut by 52 secs by the BBFC with a further 10 secs being cut from the video release. The electricity torture scene was very heavily edited and the film also suffered cuts from the opening fight in the bar and assorted gunshot wounds. All BBFC cuts were restored in the 2007 Network DVD release, though the print used is the U.S R-rated version and missing brief blood spurts from the shooting of Briggs and Randolph's gory death.

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Featured in Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion (2014)

Colonne sonore
Floating
(uncredited)
Music by Bill Wyman

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8/10

An Extremely Violent Bronson Thriller, We All Love Vengeance Done The Bronson Way.

OMG lol this 1984 ultra gritty ultra violent ultra sleazy Bronson Thriller is Fantastic!!! This is Charles Bronson at his absolute best!!!

Yes this is just as good if not better than his excellent Death Wish films.

The Evil That Men Do is a really gritty & grimy vigilante Thriller & it's very well made for a low budget 80's exploitation flick, it's directed by the excellent J Lee Thompson who has made lots of Bronson films so he knows exactly how to use Bronson better than any other director!!!

Here Bronson plays Holland a retired Hitman/Assassin who lives a peaceful life now away from the evil cruel world on a beautiful secluded island somewhere tropical & as Holland says it's Magical.

Holland is pushed out of retirement when he is visited by a man who needs him & i won't go into all the plot or story as it's better not knowing everything but Holland comes out of his comfort zone & back into the violent world to hunt down & EXECUTE a very Evil torture expert called the Doctor who is used around the world by armies to really hurt people in the most evil & depraved ways.

Bronson done his best work with director J. LEE THOMPSON & whilst under contract with CANNON FILMS!!!

This is a very harsh, raw & very brutal Thriller & Bronson is Fantastic here!!!

Holland is a great & fascinating character & you want to know about him!!!

The violence is brutal & real looking very gritty & in your face,this movie really is an 80's underrated gem, the action is very cool & fast & violent & no one gets revenge better than Bronson!!!

The movie has that low rent grimy feel to it & a very dark atmosphere & creepy music almost like a Horror movie than a Thriller!!!

But yes this is Bronson at his brutal best & should sit nicely next to his best & most iconic movie DEATH WISH (1974). BRONSON is truly a legend & his movies are nearly all great & i think he actually got bettter as he got older just check out his excellent t.v movie work as he's done some excellent Thrillers: FAMILY OF COPS (1995).

A FAMILY OF COPS 2:BREACH OF FAITH (1997).

A FAMILY OF COPS 3 (1999).

DONATO & DAUGHTER (1993).