Mr. Majestyk

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Steve D I found Bronson a bit too wooden. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/08/23 Full Review Matthew L Just let the man pick his melons. Classic Bronson....... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/02/22 Full Review Audience Member Charles Bronson is one cool MF in this movie Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/24/22 Full Review Liam D It's just Charles Bronson (Bloodhounds of Broadway, You're in the Navy Now) kicking ass and more adult movie from Richard Fleischer (Doctor Dolittle, Barabbas) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Directed by Richard Fleischer (Compulsion, Fantastic Voyage, Soylent Green, Mandingo, The Jazz Singer) and written by Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty, Out of Sight), this film finds our pally Charles Bronson playing Vincent Majestyk, an ex-con, former U.S. Army Ranger instructor and current watermelon farmer who just wants to get his crop in on time. Bobby Kopas (Paul Koslo, Vanishing Point) tries to get Majestyk to pay protection money and ends up on the end of his own shotgun. He turns the table on our hero by bringing assault charges against him and Majestyk goes to jail before he can harvest his crops, potentially ruining his finances. So he does what you or I would: when gangster Frank Renda's (Al Lettieri, The Godfather) men try to busy him loose, he kidnaps the crook himself and holds him for hostage. All he wants is to pick his melons. The rest of the film finds the two men continually going at one another. Well, to be fair, Majestyk is only concerned with melons, whether in the field or owned by his love interest Nancy Chavez (Linda Cristal, who was on the TV show The High Chaparral and in the TV movie The Dead Don't Die). Every time Renda, Kopas or any of their underlings try to take him down, he just laughs and gets over on them. Hey — it's Bronson, you know? I also love Lee Purcell in this movie, playing the gangster's moll who carries a Bible everywhere she goes. You have to love the tagline for this film: "Last year Billy Jack became one of the most popular pictures of our time. Walking Tall thrilled audiences across the nation. Now the movie everyone's talking about is Mr. Majestyk." They also tried: "Why are they saying it's the one movie you should see this year? Ask anyone who's seen it. Anyone." This came out the same month as Death Wish and to show what a star Bronson was, when The Man with the Golden Gun underperformed, Mr. Majestyk played as a supporting feature underneath that Bond picture. I mean, there's even a Turkish remake of this movie, Karpuzcu, which shows you just how big Bronson's appeal was worldwide. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Doug D One of my favorite Bronson movies. From the quirky 70's soundtrack and Eastern CO backdrop to the tension developed between Bronson and Lettieri. If you like Bronson, definitely check this one out, Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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