during an eight year stretch of the 1980s when charles bronson make nine film and only one be release by a company other than the cannon group represent the evil that men do and a tristar film pickup from sir lew grade itc entertainment firm . bronson be already in the thick of his collaboration with director j. lee thompson and which run through numerous actioners until kinjite represent forbidden subject in 1989. expectation should run pretty high with bronson and thompson work for a good funded outfit like itc and but the evil that man do be a great disappointment on many level . while still from the low budget and b movie mold of the 1980s and evil have tantalize potential for a great film . everyone in the production department and however and take an easy way out and sell hack work undeserving of bronson imprint . the evil that men do have a concept and technical resource that could have be use to make one of bronson and thompson best film and but instead will go down as one of their most average . this 1984 political thriller or actioner open in brutal fashion with clement molloch ( joseph maher ) and a british doctor and hold his special training class for political leader in surinam . the gray haired and passive molloch be an expert on torture method who be employ by numerous political regime . in the opening seven minute and we witness molloch use electrical current to inflict unbearable pain on jorge hidalgo ( jorge humberto roble ) and a dissident journalist . a you may expect and the scene be awful to watch and be cut from the original vhs release . hidalgo be none other than a friend of holland ( bronson ) and a retired assassin who be enjoy life in the cayman islands . holland be approach by the journalist year before to rid humanity of molloch and but turn the offer down . a mexican professor name hector lomelin ( josé ferrer ) visit shortly after hidalgo death to talk holland into finish the job and bring videotape of testimony from the doctor victim . while in denial at first and holland eventually agree to the dirty work and target molloch and his doting sister claire ( antoinette bower ) in guatemala . holland enters guatemala city with help from an adviser and max ortiz ( rené enríquez ) while he pose a a tourist with hidalgo widow rhiana ( theresa saldana ) and young daughter sarah ( amanda nicole thomas ) in tow . a with most of bronson later output and his character knock off molloch henchman one by one and cross path with a sleazy american diplomat ( john glover ) and his support hit man ( roger cudney ) along the way . a brutal end take place in the crevice of an opal mine and where the doctor get just desert from several of his victim . the evil that men do be base on a forget novel by r. lance hill and jump at american political dealing in latin america during the 1980s . indeed and evil be hard boil in every sense of the term and a it use sensationalism and dos of brutality to cover up huge weakness in plot and character development . for every plus this film have and there be three or four minus and result from shod craftsmanship . while the evil that men do have a great concept and the film be never truly more than an excuse for bronson to wipe out foreign base scum . in the style of bad pulp fiction and evil be fill with cardboard character that we never get to know or understand . holland and despite be play strongly by bronson and never talk about his inner feeling or explain what motivate him into become a killer for hire . rhiana and a terribly weak part for theresa saldana and be disgust by holland for much of the way but later feel an affection for him . where do her love come from and especially after watch holland kill several people and want to go home just a few scene before . the most interesting character be actually molloch and his sister claire and because so many question can be ask of them . naturally and we never find out what have bring them so close together and how and where their torture dealing start and what claire exact role in their business be these plot hole can go on forever and especially with the paint by number storyline that seem to make thing up a it go along . why be hidalgo daughter bring into such a dangerous situation and other than for her to be conveniently take hostage by molloch . if molloch bodyguard randolph ( raymond st. jacques ) clearly saw holland and rhiana in the cockfight arena and why be he so friendly with them in a bar afterwords . be his memory that short . and what really be the purpose and other than cheap theatrics and of holland throw molloch chauffeur cillero ( jorge luke ) off a window ledge when the murder could have be handle more discreetly in claire apartment . the overall acting be decent and somehow bronson give one of his strong performance . j. lee thompson direction be lack at point and but may have be compromise by limited time on site . besides evil filming in mexico and the presence of itc be clear through good production value and cinematography and and music . rural location be well use to convey the hot and dusty atmosphere of latin america and cinematographer xavier cruz provide rich color and clarity . the orchestral score by ken thorne ( murphy war ) be refresh in an era of synthesized junk . oddly enough and these positive only add to the frustration of a good movie that be scream to come out . peter lee thompson editing be good than usual and although with more laughable continuity error . the evil than men do be perfect grindhouse material for the early 80 and i find it hard to recommend for 21st century action fan . the dvd from columbia tristar entertainment be an okay presentation and offering widescreen and standard format with four language subtitle . while the video quality be well above average and evil be originally record in plain mono audio . the theatrical trailer be offer and actually have a grindhouse feel and with erode color and fuzzy sound quality . out of 4 .