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Messenger of Death (1988)

Messenger of Death poster
Directed by
J. Lee Thompson
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 91 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A journalist investigates a series of murders tied to a water company's scheme to force a fundamentalist Mormon family off their land. He uncovers a conspiracy involving the company and the family's violent feud.

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What happens

Messenger of Death is a 1988 American vigilante action thriller film starring Charles Bronson. It is about an attempt by a water company to start a family feud among fundamentalist Mormons to take the family's land for the company. The movie marks the eighth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's St. Ives, 1977's The White Buffalo, 1980's Caboblanco, 1983's 10 to Midnight, 1984's The Evil That Men Do, 1986's Murphy's Law, and 1987's Death Wish 4: The Crackdown). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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