Messenger Of Death (1988)

[harmonica]

Director:J. Lee Thompson
Writer(s):Rex Burns, Paul Jarrico
Actors:Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere



Bronson holds a gun in the front cover but he never uses one in the movie."Messenger Of Death" is a movie with little action but interesting story of mystery.The opening sequence is promising, we remember that J.Lee Thompson used to be a good director(Cape Fear,Guns Of Navarone).Bronson plays a reporter who tries to find out who's behind a massacre.If it wasn't a cannon, t.v. looking, cheap, picture and Bronson was a little younger it would be better.It's not dissapointing though.

[crego]

In fact, Bronson uses one gun in the film, and he shoots an empty coffin.
"THE MESSENGER OF DEATH" is no masterpiece, but it's one of the better efforts of Thompson-Bronson, with a good supporting cast.

[harmonica]

"guns have its uses..."

"That's one way, you wanna see another?"

[Mean Little Ass-Kicker]

A surprisingly good murder mystery movie that will have you guessing until the very end. The movie stars Charles Bronson in a different role than the ones he usually plays.

Like harmonica mentions, it feels more like a TV-movie than one produced by Cannon. There's hardly any cheese in it at all, I must say. Just an entertaining thriller that is worth a watch.

[Dogface]

Definitely it is worth only a watch.Ok maybe is only me I found it boring.The opening sequence is really promising and a ''pain in the stomach'' but after that I couldn't find something to intrigued me.Slow without some important story twists but the end was good.

I'll give it a second chance but I don't expect something different.

5/10