10 to Midnight

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Han W Mar 1, 2019 How Bronson got persuyaded to do this crap is anyone's guess. Too many plot holes enough to make a pot holed motorway., See more

Leia W Sep 12, 2018 Charles Bronson plays a hardened cop in this Golan-Globus film about a good looking psychopath killer who runs around naked killing his victims. The storyline is relatively weak, and it is not one of Bronson's best. At the same time it is watchable and entertaining. The last few lines of the movie are the best! See more

Ron R Oct 29, 2017 Roger Ebert called the film "a scummy little sewer of a movie" and that will either prompt you to stay away or will do the exact polar opposite. I love the cheap 80s Golan/Globus Cannon films and this one is probably their best Bronson vehicle, which is plot-wise boils down to being Dirty Harry versus Ted Bundy. Bronson is a cop who plays by his own rules and is partnered with straight laced Andrew Stevens. Both are on the trail of serial killer Gene Davis, who gets naked before he killing his female victims, but he's not getting naked for kinky reasons. He does it so as not to leave behind any evidence (these were the days before DNA evidence). Given that set-up, you can imaging this is a pretty lurid and kinky of crime picture, which includes one scene where Bronson interrogating Davis pulls out a sex toy confiscated from his apartment and states, "You know what this is for, Warren? It's for JACKING OFF!" Yes, this is that kind of a movie. Bronson's character is so tough he doesn't even know what quiche is: Laurie Kessler: That's some lunch, Dad. Coleslaw and quiche? Leo Kessler: [looking down at his food grimly] I hate quiche. Canteen Cashier: Then why did you get it? Leo Kessler: I thought it was pie! Director J. Lee Thompson delivers nasty villains, righteous heroes, and an ending that blew my mind when I watched this on TV as a kid, though today it's pretty corny (even tough I still dug it). Overall, this isn't in the same league as "Mr. Majestic" or "The Mechanic," but it is better than most of Bronson's 1980s and 90s output. See more

Albus S Jul 21, 2017 It's my favorite Charles Bronson movie! Love it ??

Leia G Jun 30, 2017 10 to Midnight: 8 out of 10: Wow this was a pleasant surprise. Part cop/vigilante film (It is a Charles Bronson movie after all), part slasher film (With effective white creepy kid psycho Gene Davis) and part nudie film. (Everyone is naked even the killer. Though thankfully not Charles Bronson) 10 to Midnight works surprisingly well (No film given zero stars by Ebert is all bad except Freddy got Fingered and The Life of David Gale. In fact if you want a library of exploitation classics Ebert's zero star reviews is a very good place to start). What Roger objected to is the film is sleazy. Guess what it is. Yeah I hate it when sleaze rears its ugly head in my otherwise fine exploitation movie. And this is a true exploitation movie. Naked nurses, naked serial killing and Charles Bronson doing a Mark Furman with a vial of blood. Nothing puts a smile on my face faster. See more

George S Feb 10, 2017 (( Major SPOILERS!!!)) but this movie sucks anyways. When it comes to renegade cop movies, there are certain things that we've come to expect. The villain will be protected by law because the detective was a hot head and didn't obtain evidence properly, the detective stalks and bothers the villain until the department says "leave it alone", detective catches villain in next act of violence(within confines of the law) and kills him(justifiably). "Ten to Midnight" manages to do two of these things right. The one thing this movie truly did well was paint the template for Mary Harrons' version of Patrick Bateman's in "American Psycho". The killer in this film is named Warren Stacy (Gene Davis), an office maintence man who kills women who reject his creepy sexual advances. Gene Davis and Christian Bale look so similar and the mannerisms remind so much of Patrick Bateman's, not only from the movie, but Brett Easton Ellis' novel . Warren makes sure to have an alibi and kills Betty a co worker who had previously rejected him. Unfortunately for Warren, Betty was the gossipy type and wrote about it his creepy behavior in her journal. Warren tries to recover the journal but ends up killing Betty's roommate( another co-worker) and finding the diary is gone.The cops have the diary which then puts the most douchey version of Charles Bronson I've ever seen on his ass. Bronson keeps trying to hook his new partner Paul McAnn ( Andrew Stevens) up with his hot but annoying daughter Laurie(Lisa Elbacher). Warren meets Bronson's daughter and becomes obsessed with her. Bronson has that gut feeling Warren is guilty, and after a couple failed attempts to catch him, plants evidence on him to get him for murder. [[ TIME OUT!!!!!!]] This was one of the biggest problems with this movie. It's already long and boring, but you make you're renegade cop into a dirty corrupt piece of s**t who plants evidence? We're willing to forgive dirty cops in movies if it's taking money or gambling debts,but planting evidence is reserved for bad guys. Dirty Harry never put blood on a guys jacket to put him in jail. He waited til the guy messed up and shot him. This happens half way through the movie, and at this point on there's no one to root for. [[ TIME IN!!!!]] After McAnn finds out Bronson planted the evidence; he forces him to come clean. Subsequently Bronson is kicked off the force, and Warren is let free. Instead of leaving things alone, Warren runs it in Bronson's face that he got away; so Bronson stalks him relentlessly and begins to ruin his personal and work life in ways so lame I won't even mention them. Eventually Warren goes to kill Laurie, he ends up killing her three roommates instead. Bronson shows up and a foot chase ensues: Bronson running after Warren running after Laurie. They come to a police standoff where Warren pleads to Bronson that he's sick and has a split personality. As the cops are ready to take Warren away and hes smirking, Bronson shoots him in the head and the credits roll. Two problems there too. 1. ) Bronson was off the force; why is he at the police standoff 2.) He shot an unarmed man, that's not heroic and itz actually criminal. Shouldnt the movie end with Charles Bronson going to jail??? I'm not sure, but what I am sure of is; this movie is slow, it's long, and there's almost no likeable characters to speak of, and that's a credit to Gene Davis as the villain and a total knock on our supposed hero Charles Bronson. Oh and one more thing WHY IS THIS MOVIE CALLED TEN TO MIDNIGHT????!!!!!! 1/5 See more

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