Vietnam vet and ex-con Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) just wants to live quietly on his Colorado farm, where he hires migrant pickers to harvest his melon crop. When he won't replace them with pickers provided by small-time racketeer Bobby Kopas (Paul Koslo), Kopas threatens him with a rifle. Vince disarms him and drives him .. Read more
| Starring | Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Fleischer |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Vietnam vet and ex-con Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) just wants to live quietly on his Colorado farm, where he hires migrant pickers to harvest his melon crop. When he won't replace them with pickers provided by small-time racketeer Bobby Kopas (Paul Koslo), Kopas threatens him with a rifle. Vince disarms him and drives him off. However, Kopas files a complaint, and Vince is arrested. He's being taken to court with Mafia hit man Frank Renda (Al Lettieri) when the police bus transporting them is ambushed. In the confusion, Vince drives off with the still-handcuffed Renda. He offers to return Renda if the police will let him finish harvesting his melons, but Renda escapes with help from his girlfriend, Wiley (the cooly beautiful Lee Purcell). Still in trouble with the police, Vince now has a hit man seeking revenge as well.
MR. MAJESTYK pits the taciturn Bronson against the volatile Lettieri. Intricately plotted by master crime novelist Elmore Leonard, directed by veteran Richard Fleischer, and shot on location in Colorado, MR. MAJESTYK is notable for its action set pieces, especially the beautifully shot and edited ambush of the police bus and the quirky machine gun assault on Vince's melons.
| Starring | Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Fleischer |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 03 May 2004 Production year: 1974 |
| Format | DVD |
In this action thriller, Charles Bronson is cast in the unlikely role of a melon farmer. But Bronson fans need not worry — when the Mafia starts interfering with his peaceful rural life, the star soon resorts to his violent ways to protect his workers and his harvest. Director Richard Fleischer has come up with a sort of Death Wish in Colorado — a combination that doesn't really work despite decent performances from Bronson himself and from Linda Cristal in support. Notably, the screenplay is by Elmore Leonard, a novelist whose work is regularly adapted for the screen.
Charles Bronson, his eyes just about open, strides through this film as a paternalistic melon-grower in Colorado,... read more on Time Out
I love this film, It is just too bizarre not to. Charles Bronson is a vigilante melon farmer who takes no crap! It's good already right? It gets better-he just goes about his business (melon picking) pausing only to single-handedly despatch gangs of armed baddies and the world's deadliest assassin who's after him for very flimsy reasons. The dialogue is almost comedic largely focusing on Bronson's genuine anguish to get his melon crop in before it's too late!
Watch this film-it's mental!!!!