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Al Lettieri, Alejandro Rey, Bert Santos

Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) absolutely has to get his watermelon crop in, come hell or high water, and nothing in the world is going to stop him. Trouble comes, however, in the form of Bobby Kop...( read more  read more... )as (Paul Koslo), who tries to force Majestyk to use a crew of winos rather than Majestyk's hand-picked migrant crew. After Majestyk cleans his clock, Kopas swears out an assault complaint, and soon the melon grower finds himself in the county lockup. In jail he meets hit man Renda (Al Lettieri), and the two regard each other with hostility and suspicion. In a segment worthy of action director John Frankenheimer, Renda's pals try to break him out of a prison bus in a street shootout. Instead, Majestyk commandeers the bus and drives off with Renda, with the intention of using him as a pawn to get the charges dropped on himself…so he can get his melon crop in, of course. The script for Mr. Majestyk was written by none other than Elmore Leonard himself, and the rhythms of his hard-bitten prose are clear throughout. As expected with a Leonard story, there are plenty of plot flip-flops and more than a little tongue-in-cheek humor (the flinty Bronson even gets a few of the good lines). A word of warning: Vegetarians and those with sensitive temperaments may be disturbed by the machine-gun slaughter of hundreds of defenseless watermelons, in one of the movie's more sublime scenes. It's not great stuff, but Mr. Majestyk is a fast-moving '70s action flick that doesn't take itself too seriously and isn't above a blithely ridiculous plot device or two. --Jerry Renshaw

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PG, 103 min.

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Release Date: July 17, 1974

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DVD Release Date: February 4, 2003

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  • studmuffin0681
    June 8, 2009
    studmuffin0681
    Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson), an ex-con and Vietnam vet whose efforts to run a Watermellon farm are thwarted by narrow-minded locals and corrupt cops. But when a Mafia hitman (Al Lettieri) destroys Majestyk's crop, the farmer's fuse is finally blown. With his rifle in hand an...( read more)d his girlfriend (Linda Cristal) at the wheel, he goes after the syndicate assassin.

    also stars Bert Santos, Frank Maxwell, Jordan Rhodes, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo and Alejandro Rey.

    directed by Richard Fleischer.
  • ginicarlile
    June 3, 2008
    ginicarlile
    CHARLES BRONSON A CLASSIC ACTOR
  • mpghoul1973
    January 26, 2008
    mpghoul1973
    Theres not much to this film as far as good storytelling, but its definatly worth see Bronson be the total badass he is. Dont fuck with Charles Bronsons melons! He does do alot of great ass kicking. And he does it with all the class Bronson is known for. Hes one of the ultimate b...( read more)adasses.
    Some of the acting is pretty questionable....the guy who plays the Lieutenant brings about as much life to his character as one of my toe nail clippings brings to the garbage. This came highly recommended to me as one of the best Bronson films. I beg to differ. Hard Times is the film to see when it comes to a Bronson starring role.
    But Mr Majestyk is a fun way to kill a Saturday afternoon.
  • Blaxunshine
    December 31, 2007
    Blaxunshine
    Bronson just wants to get his watermellon crop in and isn't going to take any crap from anyone..one of Bronson's best & a fine Elmore Leonard adaptation
  • bigpoppa36801
    August 29, 2007
    bigpoppa36801
    this is another great classic from bronson
  • vonhess9511
    July 17, 2007
    vonhess9511
    Watermelons come on!, only charles bronson can make a movie about watermelons and turn it into a classic, and yes this is a classic
  • futsin
    July 3, 2007
    futsin
    It builds, it builds, it builds. A delicious 70s action flick slowburn. "I've gotta go pick my melons!" :D And always great with Al Lettieri as the scumbag. Good shotgun action, a fun as hell truck/car chase, a prison bus escape, and an assault on a cabin. What more can you ask f...( read more)or in a Charles Bronson flick?
  • svmainus
    June 7, 2007
    svmainus
    Charles Bronson makes my heart go hummanaa-hummanaa. Miss him.
  • ChicanoRadio
    June 3, 2007
    ChicanoRadio
    BRONSON AT HIS BEST! A MUST SEE!

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  • ChicanoRadio
    June 3, 2007
    ChicanoRadio
    BRONSON AT HIS BEST! A MUST SEE FOR ALL CHARLES BRONSON FANS!
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