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Blind Fury

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Rutger Hauer did a superb job in all areas of the movie, and I applaud him for his acting efforts in this film, as well as his other acting stints.

I enjoyed the movie, it had great continuity, a good film score, and the acting was at times funny and also very serious. I highly recommend this film to any Rutger Hauer fans, as well as
those who enjoy action adventure/martial arts & sword flix.

If you liked the old "Kung Fu" TV series, you'll like this movie. Soft spoken and easy going Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer), like Kwai Chang Caine, roams the civilized world in search of ... peace and tranquility? And, like our Kung Fu hero of the Old West, he is ready to come out of his mild mannered shell to defend the weak and fight evil. How he acquired such fighting skills is even stranger than how Kwai Chang Caine became a Kung Fu Master. Especially considering he is blind.

So what sets this movie apart from other action movies? Rutger Hauer.

Rutger Hauer is a really good actor when he applies himself, which he does not always do in his films. But he is at his pinnacle here, making you believe that what you see is what you get. He will make you believe a blind man can develop a six sense (with a little help from a mysterious tribe somewhere.)

I took a half star off because of a lame attempt at humor. I like a laugh as much as the next guy and there was some decent humor interlaced in the story but, a blind man driving around in heavy traffic, going up one-way streets, is something I expect to see in a three stooge's movie. It was out of place here. Still, this is a good action movie. 3 1/2 stars.

If you're wondering why I give this film such a high rating it's because I'm a big Rutger Hauer fan. The Dutch actor is one of my favourites and even a bad movie is good if it has Rutger Hauer in it. This is one of three films with Hauer that I like the most.
Nick Parker, blind vietnam vet is taken in by a group of natives and is trained in swordsmenship. He then returns to America many years later trying to find his long lost vietnam buddy (Terry O'quinn from TV's Millenium and Jag)that is being blackmailed in making chemical drugs to a Las Vegas mobster (Noble Willingham from Walker, Texas Ranger). The mobster tries to kidnap his young son (Brandon Call from Baywatch) but the son is rescued by Parker and the two try to get to the boys father.
If the movie didn't have such good actors and especially Hauer it would be another acton flick on the shelves of the videostore. The action is good and the actors make the most of the plot but it is the special bond that developes between Hauer and Call as the young boy that works the best. All actors make good, Terry O'quinn is the father that tries to be a hero and save his loved ones but always chickens out. There is only two really unnecessary characters in the film but they are mostly used as the comedians to make up for the two heavies, Noble Willingham as the main mobster and his hitman Slag, a great Randall "Tex" Cobb.

This delightful action film with a few humorous scenes is probably one of Rudger Hauer's best acting. An American soldier (Hauer) is blinded during the Vietnam War when he was left alone by his buddy, Frank, who ran cowardly when the Vietnamese opened fire. Friendly Vietnamese find him wondering blindly in the woods, take him to their village, teach him how to move about and act even though he is blind, and how to use a samurai sword concealed in a cane. They also help him improve his sense of hearing. Hauer becomes so proficient that he can hear an insect flying, know exactly where it is flying, draw his sword, slice it, and cut it in two. Hauer is not depressed by his condition and feels good about himself.

Twenty years later, Hauer is walking on a Florida street, and we see him save a woman from several thugs by beating them with his cane. Then, in another episode, he stops three people from kidnapping a boy and his mother, although the thugs kill the mother. Before she dies, she begs Hauer to take her son to his father, whom she divorced, who is in Nevada. The father is Hauer's old buddy who abandoned him. Unknown to Hauer at the time, the thugs tried to kidnap Frank's family to force him to make drugs for them. Hauer now need to fight against many criminals.

Viewers will see scenes where blind Hauer fights large numbers of armed thugs, the slowly developing strong love relationship between Hauer and Frank's son Billy, how Hauer deals with Frank who abandoned him, how he deals with his love for Billy, and the occasional humor, such as when Hauer slashes a thug with unusual precision, he says, "I also do circumcisions."

Some movies stick in your memory, regardless of your critique of dialog, editing, etc. For me, this is one of those films. Maybe it's the idea of a man blinded after a life of sight, who triumphs over himself and the rest of the world. It an "inside" movie, with lots of "outside" action -- a certain kind of person will be very affected by it -- and most others will enjoy it anyway!

Rutger Hauer is great. It's a pretty simple story line but he
is so believeable in any role. And he's very amusing with just
a lift of an eyebrow. It's worth watching anything with him
in it.

You've heard. It's unabashedly 'inspired' by Japanese programs like Zatoichi. But undiscriminating fans of kung fu and the like will still enjoy all the cornball antics around the theme of a blind man saving his friend's son from redneck goons around the American hinterland.

For what it's worth, the faux action stuff is pretty snazzy even if it flies in the face of all sanity. Our vision-impaired but charismatic Ray-Charles-meets-Bruce-Lee protagonist drives cars in narrow city lanes at top speed, fends off a bunch of gunmen (machine guns, no less) in a paddy field with nothing but a sword, wears a watch for reasons only he has fathomed....well, there's a lot to test your incredulity.

Thankfully Blind Fury doesn't gun, or sword, for much and gets there without bumps. Nothing I'd stampede to rent but would probably stick to if it were on cable.

This is a superb film starring Rutger Hauer. It is a well made movie with good acting and a lot of action as well as humour.

Rutger plays as a Vietnam War veteran who lost his sight following an explosion. He was captured by the Japanese and his captors taught him Samurai fighting. He becomes an excellent swordsman. The film then moves forward several years later when Rutger returns to America and goes to visit his old war pal, only to find that he had been kidnapped by some villains and forced to make drugs. He goes to rescue his friend. From this develops an exciting and action packed adventure where he displays his exceptional and creative fighting skills.

If you are a fan of the Dutch actor, Rutger and you love adventure and excitement, then you will not go wrong with this movie.

this is a rare "oldie but goody" with rutger hauer as a blind vet trained in martial arts in vietnam...great humor and storyline , just the wit and sarcasm in the dialogue is a hoot....!

After an explosive blast blinds Vietnam soldier Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer), a benevolent native village adopts and trains him to become a grandmaster sword-wielding pseudo-samurai. Some years later, Nick travels back to America to meet up with fellow Vietnam soldier Frank Devereaux (Terry O'Quinn). What he sees, however, is a dire blackmail situation with Las Vegas mobsters in which Frank's wife gets some new ventilation courtesy of a shotgun blast from a cigar chomping Randall "Tex" Cobb. After carving up the thugs with his razor sharp sword - hidden inconspicuously in a walking cane - he protects Frank's young son Billy on a journey towards his father in Las Vegas.

If the concept of a blind swordmaster taking on the mob and battling groups of men with submachine-guns isn't hokey enough for you, then you won't like this movie. It's supposed to be tongue in cheek fun, and director Phillip Noyce cements the purpose with a few corny lines and snide comments about blindness from Rutger Hauer. I'm almost surprised his blind character didn't break the fourth wall and wink at the camera.

A body count upwards of 20 doesn't necessarily make this a gory or bloody movie. If this were remade today (please please please) there would be fountains of blood rocketing out of severed arms, hands, and torsos; it would resemble the free flowing blood volcanoes of Japanese films. Being 1989, however, and required to adhere to limits that have definitely been stretched thin in recent years, the arterial spray and viscera are disappointingly left to a minimum.

Pulse-pounding action and a solid lead character makes the 86 minute run time fly by quick enough that a viewer has no need to check his watch (like the one Nick pointlessly wears in the movie). The movie's tone is typified by the obligatory "blind guy driving"-scene; it's pretty hilarious.

A little dated, but overall a worthy 80s action flick.

Jason Elin