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Matt F One of my favorite revenge movies. I saw it at an early age and was suprised to see James Best as a villain but he was really good as one as well as Luke Askew. Probably one of Tommy Lee Jones earliest movies. William Devane's character reliving the torture as a POW just added the fuel for the blowout ending. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Mark W The ever dependable William Devane alone make this worth watching. 70s revenge thriller set against the backdrop of the fallout from the Vietnam war. Not action packed throughout but boy when it comes it packs a bloody punch. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/24 Full Review Jelisije J A slow standard revenge movie of a veteran returning home who cannot adjust to society and witnesses his family murder he then seeks revenge....well he also has a hook for a hand so its quite interesting watch. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/06/24 Full Review Scott M Fascinating story about a Vietnam veteran who has flashbacks about being tortured during the war and how it affects his family life. I enjoyed the story a lot. What I hated was the choice for leads. There was no chemistry between Devane and Haynes. I think they hated each other. The producers should have picked Tommy Lee Jones to play the lead and then found a young Signourney Weaver. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review AlphaSnail N Amazing concept, setup, and even climax of the movie but the acting is insanely wooden. William Devine and Tommy Lee Jones are great but almost every other actor is very stilted, especially the young lady who befriends the main character. The movie is worth the bad acting all for the scene where he hooks the guys hand, and the climactic shootout. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/24 Full Review Eric B I was 21 when the film was released. The film captures the time, the awkward reunions, the loss of innocence, the thin-ice we all walked on, when welcoming home the soldiers. The movie was of it’s time, but doesn’t hold up now. Direction was “OK” at best and casting missed in a few roles. The actor playing “Cliff” was really bad, and distracting. His whole arc mad little sense, and his scenes added nothing. Budget, no doubt, preventted hiring better actors. Plot was thin, but struck a chord then, only a couple years after fall of Saigon. Like Taxi Driver, it focused on returning soldiers wildly damaged from the war. But there were holes in the plot, a few things didn’t make sense, and it just poor storytelling. Shrader’s final draft, I get the feeling, is not what we see. Shrader wrote “Taxi Driver”, and this film is the same animal, but lacked the connective tissue that made TD a much richer story. If you want to get a feel for the time, watch it. But if you want to see a great film, pass. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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