The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
In yet another slick, formulaic Charles Bronson vengeance film (they would continue until the actor was in his mid-70s, still playing the morally insulted friend/husband/lover), Bronson is Holland, an assassin for hire who has just come out of retirement to finish off a Guatemalan thug by the name of Moloch (Joseph Maher). Moloch tortures and terrorizes the good guys and is protected by a misguided American government agency -- though nothing can stop Holland once he starts killing his way to the chief villain. No one except the wife of one of Moloch's victims -- and perhaps a few viewers now and again -- raises any questions about Holland's trail of corpses.
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assassination, bounty-hunter, car, chase, corruption, doctor/nurse, killing, murder, politician, revenge, sadist, terrorism, torture