The Evil That Men Do (film)

The Evil That Men Do is a 1984 Mexican-American action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson that stars Charles Bronson. The film was adapted by David Lee Henry and John Crowther from a novel by R. Lance Hill. Bronson plays an assassin who comes out of retirement to seek vengeance on the torture and murder of a journalist friend.



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[hide]  *1 Plot  ==Plot[ edit] == Holland is a former CIA assassin who lives quietly and peacefully on a West Indies island. He is persuaded out of retirement by the death of Jorge Hidalgo, a friend and dissident journalist. Hidalgo was murdered by Clement Molloch, a Welsh doctor who lives in Guatemala. Molloch has made a science of the practice of torture and sells his knowledge and skills to any government that can pay his price.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Reception
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links

Holland is hired by Hector Lomelin, a professor and friend of Hidalgo. He poses as a family man and is accompanied toGuatemala by Hidalgo's widow Rhiana and daughter Sarah. ==Cast[ edit] == ==Reception[ edit] == Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 40% of five surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.8/10.[3]  Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that audiences want to see Bronson kill people, and the film delivers many audience-pleasing kills.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]  Time Out London called it "a clumsy catalogue of pain and death".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[5] Fred Lutz of the Toledo Blade identified the film as a comeback for Bronson.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]  Dan Lorentz of the Milwaukee Sentinelwrote that the film is violent and exploitative, but it will probably satisfy fans of Bronson.
 * Charles Bronson as Holland
 * Theresa Saldana as Rhiana
 * Joseph Maher as Clement Molloch
 * José Ferrer as Hector Lomelin
 * Constanza Hool as Isabel Lomelin
 * Amanda Nicole Thomas as Sarah
 * Jorge Humberto Robles as Jorge Hidalgo