The Evil That Men Do is a 1984 American action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher and José Ferrer.

Bronson plays a former assassin who comes out of retirement to avenge the death of his journalist friend at the hands of a torturer called "The Doctor", who works for various dictatorships worldwide, particularly those of Operation Condor.

The film marks the fifth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson, following St. Ives (1976), The White Buffalo (1977), Caboblanco (1980), and 10 to Midnight (1983).

In Suriname, Clement Molloch, referred to as "The Doctor", tortures journalist Jorge Hidalgo to death with electricity in front of government officials.

Though he initially refuses to intervene, after learning his friend Jorge was killed by him and watching video testimonies of Molloch's other torture victims around the world, including Chile and Asia, Holland changes his mind.

He agrees to search for Molloch but wants to appear as a family man/tourist and therefore accompanies Jorge's widow Rhiana and her daughter Sarah into Guatemala, where the Doctor is based.

They are followed by an apparently crippled man, but Holland alerts him to his presence before he can attack, and he escapes.

She returns, but with her female lover, and Holland is forced to wait for her to leave, hiding under the bed during their romantic encounter.

Holland kills both men and calls Molloch, demanding he come alone to retrieve Claire from a nearby abandoned mine.

They approach his car and, becoming nervous when a miner hits him with a rock, the chauffeur holding Sarah is distracted and Holland kills him.

Sarah runs to Rhiana and the miners encroach on Molloch in his car, breaking in and killing him with their hammers and picks.

"[6] Film rights were purchased in 1980 by a company consisting of Charles Bronson, his wife Jill Ireland, J. Lee Thompson and producer Pancho Kohner.

In March 1983 it was announced that Charles Bronson would star alongside his wife Jill Ireland with Fielder Cook to direct.

[7] Ireland decided to drop out and give her role to Theresa Saldana, an actress who had been the victim of a recent stalking attack and was struggling to re-establish herself.

Crowther was originally hired on a weekly contract, but when the producers realized the extent to which the script needed rewriting, it was drastically extended.

[2] According to Crowther, Hill's script was of poor quality, and the producers knew that it would need "major rewrites".

In addition to this, a number of vignettes were also cut, including: Moloch’s surreal dream of being tortured in a concentration camp by Josef Mengele.

[11] Dan Lorentz of the Milwaukee Sentinel wrote that the film is violent and exploitative, but it will probably satisfy fans of Bronson.