08-26-2016, 08:53 AM
My memory of Blind Fury was almost negligible. I only remembered the initial training sequence and the corn field fight. The rest was completely new to me this time around. Nice to keep things fresh.
Wow. What a flashback to 1989. The fashion, the soundtrack, the very way the film progressed, took me right back to the MQ6, where ED, LB & I would form a most unholy alliance over jump-scare horror and women-in-prison flicks. Hauer doesn't really command the role - he's not great at physical comedy - but it is an original take on the Zatoichi role. The fight scenes are okay for the day - you just can't discredit a Sho Kosugi sword fight finale and extra points for what was clearly the inspiration for the death scene of Darth Maul! I forgot how enchanting Meg Foster's eyes are. And Randall 'Tex' Cobb! The epitome of 80s action villains! Such an odd movie, such a postcard of action cinema from those days. Delightfully nostalgic.
About halfway through, I had this weird thought that 'What if Hauer's Uncle Nick character was really a child molester and the whole thing was a scam for him to kidnap the kid?' That was a creepy messed up take on it.
Wow. What a flashback to 1989. The fashion, the soundtrack, the very way the film progressed, took me right back to the MQ6, where ED, LB & I would form a most unholy alliance over jump-scare horror and women-in-prison flicks. Hauer doesn't really command the role - he's not great at physical comedy - but it is an original take on the Zatoichi role. The fight scenes are okay for the day - you just can't discredit a Sho Kosugi sword fight finale and extra points for what was clearly the inspiration for the death scene of Darth Maul! I forgot how enchanting Meg Foster's eyes are. And Randall 'Tex' Cobb! The epitome of 80s action villains! Such an odd movie, such a postcard of action cinema from those days. Delightfully nostalgic.
About halfway through, I had this weird thought that 'What if Hauer's Uncle Nick character was really a child molester and the whole thing was a scam for him to kidnap the kid?' That was a creepy messed up take on it.
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