Saturday, July 24, 2010

A Review Of Blind Fury

By Leo Heath

They call Rutger Hauer the European Paul Newman for his blue eyes, but the European Christopher Walken might be a little more accurate. Hauer is an actor equally adept at playing both heroes and villains, and brings a touch each to each. So when he plays a hero, there's an odd, sinister air about it, and when he's a villain, there's a strangely likable quality there. Blind Fury is one of the classic action movie downloads for this reason, amongst others.

The story follows a Vietnam veteran who was abandoned by his old buddy during the war in a moment of cowardice. He lost his eyesight and learned how to use a samurai sword to defend himself before returning to the United States, and he's on a mission to find the man that left him for dead. Not for revenge, but to forgive him.

Along the way he picks up the man's son in Miami, Florida, and escorts him to meet his father in Las Vegas, Nevada, who has gotten into some trouble with the local gangsters and hoods. Their quest winds up being surprisingly heart warming and moving, which is nice, considering that it really didn't need to deliver any more than some action and laughs.

Hauer really has to compete for the audience's attention alongside the rest of the cast, who are all priceless. Slag is really a big part of what makes the cast so funny. Slag, played by Randall Tex Cobb, is one of the all time funniest eighties badguys. The way he meets his come uppance is really fitting and will leave you with a smile on your face.

The movie is really one of the best of the eighties in terms of action flicks. It really captures what the era was all about. Along the way, there's also some really good storytelling as the film deals with issues of friendship and abandonment.

Ninja legend Sho Kosugi shows up, all of a sudden and out of nowhere, as a hired sword just so we can have a really great fight scene between him and Hauer. There are really a lot of great hired badguys in the film, providing a lot of laughs and great fight scenes.

You'll probably love the two redneck brothers who are constantly nagging each other and fighting, providing the real comedic drive of the movie. Sort of like throwing Abbot and Costello into the middle of an action flick.

The movie really does sum up everything that was great about the eighties action comedy flicks. The eighties were a great time for funny, exciting, weird, and imaginative action flicks, and they just don't make movies like these anymore. It's really too bad, because there was something really cool about these style of movies.

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