Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

GazerRise Fantastic!

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

AaronCapenBanner Andrew Davis directs this Chicago-based action film that stars Chuck Norris as police officer Eddie Cusack, who is a tough cop determined to take down two rival and warring drug gangs that are plaguing the city. Trouble is, Eddie has made himself an outcast in the department by testifying against an aging officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager, and Eddie doesn't think he should get away with it. Despite this, Eddie goes forth with his duties, which also has him using the department's newest weapon: a robotic crime-fighting vehicle called "The Prowler". Reasonably good film has Chuck in fine form, with efficient direction, though the plot itself is routine. Funny scene involving two crooks trying to hold up a restaurant filled with cops!

PeterMitchell-506-564364 Like many others, I agree, this may be Chuck's best film, alongside Silent Rage. Here in a undercover operation gone to s..t, taking shouting abuse from his captain, he's left to clean up the mess. And to add further headache, one of his own is been put on the stand, for mistakenly blowing away an Hispanic kid. This cop, Creggie was drinking before too. Creggie has f....d up before too, so this could be his last chance. His younger more nervous partner, Gonzalez, is sworn to silence, therefore letting his partner get away with this again. While his other colleges vouch for him, Chuckie goes up against him, and also the baddies of these two gangs, Italians and Columbians. Chuck's stakeout was sabotaged, when his two undercover cops, about to make a drug purchase, bought it, as the opposing Italian gang arrived dressed as painters, no less. This is a great ten minute opening-shootout here that really went down well in this. Chuck again here, kicks, well you know, not as much than most of his movies, but some great chunks of action and an involving story almost make us forget Chuckie's karate talents. It's also one of Chuck's better performances. We see a real human side to his character, like when he takes the only surviving victim of the Italian mob, an innocent girl, in his care. The train scene is great with Chuckie making one hell of a dive into the river, this recurring music theme attached, with successive clicking in bits of it, worked great. We too also have a robotic tank that in the end becomes Chuck's best friend. At first in a demonstration scene Chuck laughs this off, calling it "Another machine without a brain". He also overthrows it, when it turns on him, the whole station of cops looking like fools as this scene fades out into the next. He also too backs up his younger partner, Gonzalez in telling the real truth that day the s..t went down, and that innocent Hispanic lost his life, even though the title wrongly refers the main story here. A thoroughly enjoyable drama, ala Chuck Norris, you may still find bits of this lacking in the brains department, but it's much better than a lot of Chuck's other s..t, I mean films. Henry Silva again makes the villain an art form as the merciless head of the Columbian family.

Boba_Fett1138 This movie is generally being regarded as one of the better Chuck Norrir flicks. I don't really have any other material to compare it to but I can still see why some people would feel that way about this movie. It's a genuinely good '80's genre flick, with an healthy amount of cheese sprinkled over it.This is actually being a movie in which Norris gets to do some real acting. He isn't just constantly kicking and blasting people away but he is playing a real compelling and likable character as well.The story is a bit all over the place though, I admit to that. At times I had no idea what was going on already but on the other hand, I also couldn't really care about it anyway. It's just a movie you have to take for what it is and don't think too much about its story or overall credibility.It's just being one of those movies I won't mind watching when it catch it somewhere on TV, late at night, when I have nothing better to do. It's definitely being an entertaining enough genre flick, though I'm the first to admit that this is truly far from a great movie. It's an obviously cheaply done film, without any true mind blowing action or explosions in it but still I don't feel that the lovers of action flicks would mind this all very much. There are still plenty of moments to compensate, such as a couple of formulaic chase sequences and shootouts. And I must say; Norris handles all of the action quite well and he certainly has the right charisma, which is required for these type of roles and this sort of movies. A good movie to enjoy, if you won't be thinking too much about its story or what is all going on in it.6/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Wizard-8 In the early 1980s, before Chuck Norris signed a multi-movie deal with Cannon Pictures that slowly reduced him to box office poison status with an almost uninterrupted string of bad movies, Norris did a two movie deal with Orion Pictures that resulted in two of his best movies, "Lone Wolf McQuade" and this movie. It isn't a perfect movie - the movie's villain (played by Henry Silva) doesn't get enough time to properly develop him into a real strong character, Norris' performance is often more monotone than not, and surprisingly there isn't a lot of martial arts action. Still, the movie works. Unlike many other '80s action movies, there is a human element at work here, making you care about the characters that deserve it. There are also some pretty good action sequences, with some strong visuals thrown in. And while Norris may be monotone when he delivers his lines, he does bring in a certain presence, one that shows toughness as well as compassion in his character. Norris hit his peak here - it was all downhill from then on until the TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger" revitalized his career.