Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

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

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.

grimslowformulaictensedatedgrittyplain

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)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?