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Liquidator (1984)

The Evil That Men Do (original title)
A professional killer comes out ot retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.

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Rhiana
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Molloch
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Hector Lomelin (as Jose Ferrer)
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Max (as Rene Enriquez)
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Briggs
Raymond St. Jacques ...
Randolph
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Claire
Enrique Lucero ...
Aristos
Jorge Luke ...
Cillero
Mischa Hausserman ...
Karl
Roger Cudney ...
Cannell
Constanza Hool ...
Isabel
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Santiago
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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In the execution of justice there is no executioner like BRONSON See more »

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21 September 1984 (USA)  »

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Az erőszak pokla  »

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$4,600,000 (estimated)
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This is the only film that Charles Bronson didn't make for the Cannon Group during the 1980s since he first began working there on Death Wish II (1982). 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 »

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Colonel Victor Aristos: Ah, Clement, a pleasure. And my dear senora Molloch. Please be seated.
Dr. Clement Molloch: Why are we here, Aristos?
Colonel Victor Aristos: Relax, Clement. May I offer you a drink?
Claire, Molloch's Sister: Just mineral water.
Colonel Victor Aristos: There is a problem, Clement. The Council for Central American States has just concluded its meetings in Costa Rica.
Claire, Molloch's Sister: Hypocrites. Every government represented condems my brother publicly and then welcomes him privately.
Colonel Victor Aristos: They have called for another meeting and study of human rights violations.
Dr. Clement Molloch: Human rights violations? There is no such thing....
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Referenced in My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) See more »

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Night Vigil
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Music by Richard Harvey
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Good Old Fashioned Grindhouse Fare, But Could Have Been So Much Better
19 February 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

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.


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