Mr Majestyk
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Movie Reviews of Mr Majestyk
Movie Review: Mr Majestyk
Summary: 5 Stars
I love Charles Bronson movies and this was a great movie! Lots of action and suspense. It's unpredictable plot is appreciated which I feel movies of today lack! whatsoever. Don't miss out watching this.
Movie Review: GREAT MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars
This is excellent movie I received with a lot of action.I got it at a good price.I received fast shipping too.Movie Review: Charles Bronson at the top of his game
Summary: 4 Stars
Not as well known as some of his other movies, Mr. Majestyk is a way above-average Charles Bronson movie from 1974 with a script from well-known and respected author Elmore Leonard. Vince Majestyk is a melon farmer who wants nothing more than to get his watermelon harvest in, but trouble arises in the form of local troublemaker Bobby Kopas. Thanks to some trumped up assault charges, Vince is brought to jail where he meets infamous mafia hitman Frank Renda. When Renda's escape attempt goes awry, it's Vince who ends up on Renda's bad side, setting off a vendetta that won't stop until one of them is dead. Pretty straightforward action drama here with most of the action, including a good car chase and shootout, saved till the end. It's exciting throughout as the tension builds to the inevitable showdown you know is coming. Nothing groundbreaking here, just a solid, entertaining action movie that'll keep you interested from start to finish.
At the top of his game, Charles Bronson is Vince Majestyk, a Vietnam vet now working his 160-acre spread and trying to get his melon crop in. Always a good tough guy, Bronson is very good here, handling the action and dark comedy equally well. His opposite is played by classic 70s tough guy Al Lettieri (did he ever play a likable character?) as Frank Renda, the hitman obsessed with exacting some revenge on Majestyk. Bronson and Lettieri are excellent adversaries, leading up to the exciting final chase/shootout. Linda Cristal is very good as Nancy Chavez, a migrant worker working for Vince who ends up being more than just a worker. Lee Purcell plays Renda's girlfriend, Wiley, while Paul Koslo and Taylor Lacher are Renda's henchmen, Kopas and Lundy.
The MGM DVD is a solid effort with both widescreen and standard presentations of the movie available, the widescreen looking pretty good and cleaned up. Only special feature is a short trailer, but it's a good buy considering the price. Charles Bronson fans won't be disappointed here, give Mr. Majestyk a shot!
Movie Review: When Are They Going To Release "White Buffalo" on DVD?
Summary: 4 Stars
Charles Bronson was always a solid presence on-screen. In the Sixties he distinguished himself in some classic guyfests like "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Dirty Dozen" as well as his best performance in Sergio Leone's masterwork, "Once Upon A Time in the West". In the Seventies after many years of toiling as a supporting performer he started getting top billing most notably in "Death Wish". "Mr. Majestyk" is a good not great actioner that concerns a melon farmer(Bronson) who goes awry with a psychotic hitman (Art Lettieri). "Mr. Majestyk" is an above average flick distinguished by solid work by Bronson and a really good Lettieri whose contribuion to, in my mind, the greatest American film, "The Godfather" cannot be underestimated. The direction by action vet Richard Fleischer ("Fantastic Voyage") keeps your attention throughout and Elmore Leonard's script is serviceable. On a final note I'm still waiting for the DVD releases of the aforementioned "White Buffalo" and an understated Western-Romance Bronson made with his wife, Jill Ireland, "From Noon Till Three".Movie Review: one of Chuck's finest...
Summary: 4 Stars
i remember going to see this movie as a kid, and it was the first real exposure i had to on screen violence. that may sound like an odd opening statement for a review, but that's basically what i felt at that time. it was the first movie that i saw in a theater that was not a comedy or kid's movie. it was my indoctrination to the real world, as it were, as this story is of an avg. guy (Bronson), trying to make a nice life of farming, after his stint in Nam, but finding it as life threatening as the war itself. a story that is not far fetched in any way, and superbly executed by Bronson and the cast. Al Lettieri, the '70's bad guy dujour, does a wonderful performance as the mobbed up hit man, who sets his vengeful sites on Majestyk after a run in with him. other recognizable faces abound in this picture, mostly of '70's movie fame, which if you have never seen the film, lends creedence, and a nice nostalgic touch. although this film is rated higher than Bronson's '75 "Breakout", i like that one a little better. check 'em both out, you will enjoy the ride. peace.