Messenger of Death

1988

1h 31m

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Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.

Directors

J. Lee Thompson

Writers

Rex Burns(novel by)

Paul Jarrico(screenplay by)

Stars

Charles Bronson

Trish Van Devere

Laurence Luckinbill

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Garret Smith

Jastra Watson

Homer Foxx

Chief Barney Doyle

Josephine Fabrizio

Orville Beecham

Willis Beecham

Zenas Beecham

Trudy Pike

Junior Assassin

Senior Assassin

Saul

Wiley

Lieutenant Scully

Jimmy

Sarah Beecham

Magda Beecham

Rebecca Beecham

Directors

J. Lee Thompson

Writers

Rex Burns(novel by)

Paul Jarrico(screenplay by)

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"Messenger of Death" harks back to a period in Charles Bronson's career when the films he selected to appear in were not almost exclusively preoccupied with the squalid and violent mean streets of "Death Wish" (1974) and the seemingly limitless stream of increasingly pale sequels and imitations it spawned. Bronson rarely participates in any of the action sequences in this film and the story is much stronger and better constructed than usual. The central location of Colorado with its light dusting of snow looks exquisitely chilly and absolutely gorgeous. The most thrilling and exciting of the small ration of action sequences features a Landrover doing battle against two huge tankers and the resulting scene has been superbly put on the screen, but best of all it's good to see Charles Bronson appearing in films which have more substance than we have come to expect.

kevin201912 Feb, 2024