{"id":35784,"date":"2024-05-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35784"},"modified":"2024-05-19T12:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:57:29","slug":"the-evil-that-men-do-1984-starring-charles-bronson-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35784","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Evil That Men Do&#8221; (1984) starring Charles Bronson \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z051924zview_evilmendo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"753\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Evil That Men Do <\/strong><\/em>(1984)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>J. Lee Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>John M. Crowther, David Lee Henry <\/strong>based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ap4SGg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>THE EVIL THAT MEN DO<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by <strong>R. Lance Hill<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stars: <strong>Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher, Jos\u00e9 Ferrer, Ren\u00e9 Enr\u00edquez, John Glover, Enrique Lucero, Roger Cudney, Joe Seneca, Conrad Hool <\/strong>and <strong>Raymond St. Jacques.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Most criminals answer to the law. The world&#8217;s most savage executioner must answer to Bronson.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Holland (Bronson) is a retired hitman living a peaceful life on a remote beach.\u00a0 When an old friend asks Holland to kill a sadistic torturer known as <em>the Doctor<\/em>, Holland initially refuses. After seeing video evidence of the number of people <em>the Doctor<\/em> has killed and maimed, Holland decides to come out of retirement for one more hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jill Ireland (Bronson&#8217;s wife and co-star in many of his films) was originally slated to play the role that went to Theresa Saldana.\u00a0 Ireland lobbied for Saldana to get the part.\u00a0 Theresa Saldana had survived a brutal stabbing by a stalker and was looking to get back into feature films.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Evil That Men Do<\/em> is based on a book written by R. Lance Hill.\u00a0 Hill also received credit as screenwriter on the film, but chose to use the penname David Lee Henry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the 5th of 9th films that starred Charles Bronson and was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The films in order are: <em>The White Buffalo<\/em> (1977), <em>St. Ives<\/em> (1976), <em>Cabo Blanco<\/em> (1980), <em>10 to Midnight<\/em> (1983), <em>Murphy&#8217;s Law<\/em> (1986), <em>Death Wish 4: The Crackdown<\/em> (1987), <em>Messenger of Death<\/em> (1988) and <em>Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects<\/em> (1989).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>The Evil That Men Do <\/strong><\/em>(1984) rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z051924zview_evilmendo2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Evil That Men Do (1984) Director: J. 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