“Messenger Of Death” is a serious disappointment. It stars Charles Bronson (“Death Wish”, “Death Hunt”) and instead of being the usual action flick, it tries to be more creative a more of a detective sort-of film and it fails miserably. The worst thing about it is that it is so unmemorable.

In this film, Bronson plays an investigative journalist by the name of Garret Smith. While investigating a recent massacre, he ends up discovering a complex feud between two Mormon brothers and it’s about as exciting as it sounds. Is there more to this feud than it first seems? Who cares?

Bronson is a great actor and here he is completely wasted. He’s given so little to do that you could’ve stuck just about anybody in the film. Don’t get me wrong, he certainly makes the film better than it would’ve been but this is surely a waste of his time. Trish Van Devere (“The Changeling”) plays another investigative journalist and does nothing. The other characters are remotely interesting, there isn’t even anything interesting about the film’s villains. There is virtually nothing to talk about; the whole Mormon angle goes nowhere and I can’t remember anything about anybody else in it.

“Messenger Of Death” has a car chase scene that goes nowhere, it has a few fistfights that go nowhere and it has some classy parties where nothing happens. The whole film is sort-of in this weird limbo. Nothing is really bad about it because there is nothing to be bad, nothing is good about it because there is nothing to be good. “Messenger Of Death” isn’t smart enough to be interesting and it doesn’t have enough happening to be anything else. Actually, there is something good about the film, I like the atmospheric music during the title credits. There you go, watch the opening credits and then turn it off.