The Evil That Men Do (film)

In Suriname, where Clement Moloch, referred to as "The Doctor" is shown torturing a journalist called Jorge in front of government officials with electricity. Outside of the building, an Israeli Mossad team attempts to rig a bomb under the Doctor's car. The operation fails and one of the team is killed. The next scene takes place on the Cayman Islands where Holland (Charles Bronson), a retired assassin, lives in relative peace. He is asked by an old friend to assassinate the Doctor. Though he initially refuses to intervene, after learning that his friend Jorge was killed by him and watching videoed testimonies of Molloch's other torture victims from around the world, including Chile and Asia. Holland then decides to avenge his friend. He agrees to search for Molloch but wants to appear as a family man/tourist and therefore accompanies Jorge's widow Rhianna and her daughter Sarah into Guatemala, where the Doctor is based.

The three meet up with Max Ortiz, a friend, who takes them to a cock fighting ring frequented by Molloch. They are followed by an apparently crippled man, but Holland alerts him to his presence before he can get to him and he escapes. Later, Max shows them to Molloch's compound. Holland returns at night and sees the crippled man walking normally. He scopes out the lights and cameras for later.

Holland and Rhianna go into town for information. While he is off at the bar, a local begins harassing Rhianna. Holland crushes his groin and neck to a cheering crowd and catches the attention of another of Molloch's henchmen. Holland and Rhianna trick the man into returning to their hotel for a threesome, and Holland kills him by throwing a knife into his neck. Rhianna is horrified and Holland demands she return home, as his mission is becoming dangerous. However, Rhianna refuses to return home, wanting to see the Doctor killed in person.

Holland decides to draw the Doctor out by kidnapping his sister Claire. He breaks into her hotel room and awaits her return. She returns, but with her female lover, and Holland is forced to wait for her to leave, hiding under the bed during their love making. After she leaves, a male henchman comes in and begins rolling a joint. Holland apprehends him while Claire showers. He kidnaps Claire and throws the man off the balcony with the fire hose tied around his neck, hanging him publicly to cause a distraction for he and Claire to escape. They go to a ranch owned by Max and Holland advises Max to go into hiding.

Unbeknownst to Holland, Molloch has the local militia arrest Max, whom he tortures to reveal Holland and Claire's hideout. When Molloch calls to negotiate, he inadvertently reveals that he knows their location. Holland puts Claire in the trunk and he and Rhianna drive off. Thugs sent by the US ambassador (whom Molloch has paid off) follow and, after a shootout and chase, crash their car and are killed. In the rough chase, Claire dies in the trunk. Holland and Rhianna buy a local farmer's truck and head to the village of Magdalena. They are followed by the US ambassador and other thugs who also decide to head for Magdalena.

When Holland and Rhianna arrive, they meet a man who owns a cafe and phone. They go to his place to use the phone and are confronted by the ambassador and a thug. Holland kills them both and calls Molloch, demanding he come alone to retrieve Claire from a nearby abandoned mine. When they go to the mine, they find several disfigured men attempting to find any remaining opal. They advise the men to leave because danger approaches, but they refuse, going into hiding only when they see Molloch's car approaching. Molloch reveals that he has captured Rhianna's daughter, Sarah. Panicking because they do not have Claire, Holland plays a tape recording of her voice. Molloch runs into the open and the miners recognize him as the man who disfigured and tortured them. They begin to approach his car and, becoming nervous, the thug holding Sarah is distracted and Holland kills him. Sarah runs to Rhianna and the miners slowly encroach on the Doctor, killing him with their hammers and picks. Holland, Rhianna and Sarah returns safely to Holland's home in the Cayman Islands.

Additional actors included Enrique Lucero as Aristos; Roger Cudney as Cannell; Constanza Hool as Isabel Lomelin; and Joe Seneca as Santiago.

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.[4] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that audiences want to see Bronson kill people, and the film delivers many audience-pleasing kills.[5] Time Out London called it "a clumsy catalogue of pain and death".[6] Fred Lutz of the Toledo Blade identified the film as a comeback for Bronson.[7] Dan Lorentz of the Milwaukee Sentinel wrote that the film is violent and exploitative, but it will probably satisfy fans of Bronson.[8]

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