Bronson stars a farmer with a complex past who finds himself earning the wrath of a hitman, possibly over a request for sausage.

The film has an interesting take on immigration and unemployment before the core plot elements take over. Bronson’s character has a deep desire to bring his Majestyk Melons to market and nothing is going to get in his way. After the levels of villains are revealed he decides to seek vengeance over his melons that are destroyed.

There is an everyman nature to the film as the situation seems to conspire against Bronson. However the finale seems to lack a character oriented touch as the stakes always seem on Bronson’s side. That said, his jump through the window at the finale is cinema magic.

The Reverence: Bronson being so hard-ass he drinks his beer with salt beats out female driving, use of a car as a weapon, and a toilet break that ends badly.

Bronson is at his coolest and cockiest here. A great slice of 70's tough guy cinema, which almost comes across as quite surreal considering the whole thing is really about Makestyk's melon crop. Never has the term "bad 'melon farmer'" been so true.

Also worth a mention is the great Al Lettieri as the films bad guy, a great no-nonsense, mean bastard performance, similar to his role in The Getaway.

Charles Bronson as a melon farmer who upsets a hitman and a show down happens on a melon farm and cabin. I was sold at Bronson being a melon farmer

Better than I thought it would be! Good script from Elmore Leonard. The story is quick and to the point, and the whole film is very well-paced with some great dialogue. Bronson is (of course) delightful, in his element and obviously having fun with the role, with a good cast to back him up. Required viewing for Bronson fans, has enough substance and a lack of exploitative sex/violence to please non-fans as well.

Solid film.

"THE KEYS!!!"

Bronson stars a farmer with a complex past who finds himself earning the wrath of a hitman, possibly over a request for sausage.

The film has an interesting take on immigration and unemployment before the core plot elements take over. Bronson’s character has a deep desire to bring his Majestyk Melons to market and nothing is going to get in his way. After the levels of villains are revealed he decides to seek vengeance over his melons that are destroyed.

There is an everyman nature to the film as the situation seems to conspire against Bronson. However the finale seems to lack a character oriented touch as the stakes always seem on Bronson’s side. That said, his jump through the window at the finale is cinema magic.

The Reverence: Bronson being so hard-ass he drinks his beer with salt beats out female driving, use of a car as a weapon, and a toilet break that ends badly.

Bronson is at his coolest and cockiest here. A great slice of 70's tough guy cinema, which almost comes across as quite surreal considering the whole thing is really about Makestyk's melon crop. Never has the term "bad 'melon farmer'" been so true.

Also worth a mention is the great Al Lettieri as the films bad guy, a great no-nonsense, mean bastard performance, similar to his role in The Getaway.

Charles Bronson as a melon farmer who upsets a hitman and a show down happens on a melon farm and cabin. I was sold at Bronson being a melon farmer

Bronson, Revenge, Car Chases

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One of Bronson's best. The life of a melon-farmer is not always easy.