10 to Midnight is one of Charles Bronson's lesser efforts from the eighties. Essentially he takes his death wish character and gives him a badge. Problem is that when you're in law enforcement you are bound by certain parameters that the courts have laid out.
Bronson's problem is that he's too close with this case. A close friend of his daughter Cindy Eilbacher is murdered and Bronson's determined to get his man no matter what. That includes some rather clumsy planting of evidence that doesn't sit too well with Bronson's rookie partner Andrew Stevens.
My two big problems are that if planting evidence was the way to go here, I would think Bronson being the veteran cop he is would have done a better and undetectable job. He gets caught so easily.
But even worse is the over the top performance by the perpetrator Gene Davis. This guy strips to the birthday suit before going out to do his evil deeds, actually walks around buck naked in the street. And nobody of course notices anything.
I will say this Davis certainly wasn't bad to look at and that's a distraction to be sure. Still the whole idea is just plain ridiculous.
This is a fine group of talented players who get defeated by one preposterous story.
Bronson's problem is that he's too close with this case. A close friend of his daughter Cindy Eilbacher is murdered and Bronson's determined to get his man no matter what. That includes some rather clumsy planting of evidence that doesn't sit too well with Bronson's rookie partner Andrew Stevens.
My two big problems are that if planting evidence was the way to go here, I would think Bronson being the veteran cop he is would have done a better and undetectable job. He gets caught so easily.
But even worse is the over the top performance by the perpetrator Gene Davis. This guy strips to the birthday suit before going out to do his evil deeds, actually walks around buck naked in the street. And nobody of course notices anything.
I will say this Davis certainly wasn't bad to look at and that's a distraction to be sure. Still the whole idea is just plain ridiculous.
This is a fine group of talented players who get defeated by one preposterous story.