Hard working director, Richard Fleischer delivers a fairly standard action-drama that puts Charles Bronson in the spotlight. He’s surrounded by a score by Charles Bernstein and a script written by Elmore Leonard.

Bronson is the titular Mr. Majesytk. He’s got himself a melon farm, and is looking to recruit some migrant workers to help him bring in his harvest. When he runs afoul of a local thug trying to cut in on his harvest, he gets arrested.

And that’s just the beginning of his problems.

In the holding cells, he runs up against Frank Renda (Al Lettieri), a mobster who offers to buy his way out. But Majestyk just wants to bring his harvest in. So he runs afoul of Renda as well.

As both men temporarily regain their freedom Renda is determined to revenge himself upon Majestyk for not taking his deal and attempting to turn him back in. He’s got lots of cash, and lots to do, but gets stuck on wanting to take down Majestyk.

And that isn’t going to go well for either man.

Renda goes after Majestyk with a vengeance. He goes after his workers, including Nancy (Linda Cristal), who Majestyk is developing a relationship with. And he literally goes after his crops.

Of course, this all pushes Majestyk too far, and he goes after Renda.

It’s a slower-paced actioner, and despite its cool-looking poster it’s not quite as action-packed as it would suggest.

Bronson is solid enough, and I do like his cap. In fact his wardrobe is really solid. The production overall is well put together, but it definitely feels like a 70s film. There’s a bit of grit under its fingernails.

The film could have used a few more set pieces, there’s some nice character work but overall, it’s not super-engaging. There are some nice moments, and I like Bronson in this. He hasn’t always been a favorite of mine, but I quite like his humor and style in this one.

I do like the migrant worker aspect of the story, I think that makes it a more relevant story today. And perhaps it’s time for a remake, and instead of clashing with the mafia, the character could clash with ICE.

I would definitely like an updated version of this story, but even in this one it’s very obvious that everyone sneered on migrant workers, but everybody wanted to use them.

Bronson’s cool, and it’s mentioned his character served, I just wish that had been used more in terms of his physicality in handling himself in fights, and the way he handles weapons.

Still, not horrible, but nothing super outstanding. But I understand the appeal.