Guest Daisho2004 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I had posted this a while back so I thought I would re post it, since I see we have a lot more fans of Zatoichi lately. BLIND FURY is based on the series of Japanese movies made during the 1960s that featured Zatoichi, a wandering blind swordfighter. Updated and Americanized by scriptwriter Charles Robert Carner and director Phillip Noyce, Zatoichi is now Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer), a soldier blinded in action in the Vietnam War and nursed back to health by Vietnamese villagers. Nick develops an acute sense of hearing and, in spite of his disability, becomes a master swordsman--all during the opening credits. BLIND FURY retains the mixture of humor, violence, and sentiment that characterized the original films. Left in charge of young Billy Devereaux (Brandon Call) after the death of his mother, Nick takes Billy across the United States by bus. However, the pair is menaced by overwhelming numbers of vicious thugs led by Slag (Randall "Tex" Cobb, who plays the bounty hunter in the Coen brothers’ RAISING ARIZONA) on the journey. Nick, of course, handles these predicaments with casual skill, luck, good humor, and his trusty hidden samurai sword. My Review:OK for those of you who haven't seen this movie it is a really good movie, I'm a Huge Zatoichi Fan and I've been trying to get this movie for a while now and its definitely worth adding to your Samurai Collection, the end fight scene alone is worth it when he fights Sho Kosugi. The only bad thing about this movie is they should've made a sequel. And had a longer fight with Sho Kosugi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest limubai2000 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I like this one alot too. I even double dipped to get a better print of it. Really enjoyed this film alot, its not quite great but a good solid action film with some stylish substance in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thought I'd re-post this movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member jiujitsu77 Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 this is what got my dad into zatoichi. this movie is seriously awesome. hauer is amazing in this role. your right....this should have been a series. for real. maybe back then it was a little too early for such a thought of a franchise, but hell...especially with the DTV market, this could mean a great new american take on the zatoichi films. i have never heard a zatoichi or MA movie fan say a bad thing about this film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vengeanceofhumanlanterns Posted May 29, 2009 Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 I have to be honest, I thought this movie was NOT very good, entertaining yes. Rutger Hauer is awesome. Blade Runner proved that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted May 29, 2009 Administrator Share Posted May 29, 2009 Very enjoyable. And great choreography for an American production! After BLADE RUNNER I thought Rutger Hauer was going to be HUGE. I wonder if he had a bad agent, poor taste in scripts, of maybe was difficult to get along with, because he certainly didn't break out like I thought he would. But he is terrific in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted May 29, 2009 Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 We saw Rutger Hauer in a very poor man's version of The Poseidon Adventure the other day and the first thing my mother said was "It's that guy who played the blind swordsman" LOL...Blind Fury is definitely a great film and nice cameo by Sho Kosugi. Did anyone notice that Tim "Animal House's Otter" Matheson produced the film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member jiujitsu77 Posted May 30, 2009 Member Share Posted May 30, 2009 that's all matheson does now is produce thought the same thing when i saw it though animal house house house nobody ever went to class and then we saw donald sutherland's ass house house house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tosh Posted May 30, 2009 Member Share Posted May 30, 2009 Rutger Hauer may have not broke out into the mainstream but he had a very impressive run in the biz, and he's still making movies. I've seen this but damn if I can remeber it at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted May 30, 2009 Member Share Posted May 30, 2009 This movie is pretty damn awful in my opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 30, 2009 Member Share Posted May 30, 2009 TibetanWhiteCrane wrote: This movie is pretty damn awful in my opinion! Why do you think that for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted May 30, 2009 Member Share Posted May 30, 2009 Overly predictable, tired jokes and gags, boring choreo, sappy and sentimental, hated every scene with that kid from Step By Step.....! It's not like I wouldn't expect all of these things from an 80's HLWD movie.... but this just felt extra tired and uninspired to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted June 3, 2009 Member Share Posted June 3, 2009 TibetanWhiteCrane: Maybe you need to give this movie another tryout! Yes it had some Cheesy moments but that was in the beginning in the Bar room brawl, and I like how it showed how he learned to fight when he got Blinded that was something totally cool. I felt he shoulda made a sequel to this movie! For an American Movie based on a Japanese series that is totally Awesome. I thought it did a lot of Respect & Justice to the Zatoichi movies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member jiujitsu77 Posted June 4, 2009 Member Share Posted June 4, 2009 daisho....you are totally correct. as much as i respect white crane's opinions, i have to strongly disagree with this one. i personally love this film. seriously crane, give it another shot. you might get a kick out of it oh and daisho...check out my "ichisploitation" thread and let me know if you have any input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted June 4, 2009 Member Share Posted June 4, 2009 I watched it less than a week ago on TV, and I still thought it was crap! I love 80's cheese, and im not biased towards american MA flicks per se (although I watch them for different reasons, and enjoy them on another level than the asian ones). But I still couldn't get into this movie! I've tried.... it didn't take! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted June 4, 2009 Member Share Posted June 4, 2009 jiujitsu77: Where did you post your "ichisploitation" thread at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted June 22, 2009 Member Share Posted June 22, 2009 OK I was digging threw my movies the other day and I had to pull this one out and watch it again. And for some reason "TWC" I can't understand why you really didn't like this movie it had a lot of Action in it. Yes some Cheesy moments but so did so many 80's movies at that time! I think that Hollywood really did a great job in Honor of the Classic Zatoichi movies with this version. I mean the Shô Kosugi Fight was really good, I just wish it could've been a little better. I didn't like the way he died at the end getting Electrocuted. I really would've liked to seen a few more sequels being made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted June 22, 2009 Member Share Posted June 22, 2009 I found this cool Video Clip on you-tube from the movie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dionbrother Posted July 5, 2009 Member Share Posted July 5, 2009 I prefer BLIND JUSTICE, the other American Zatoichi movie, with Armand Assante as a blind gunfighter. Much more successful in pulling off the concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted July 5, 2009 Member Share Posted July 5, 2009 I never got to see Blind Justice, I wanted to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member LeRolls Posted August 15, 2009 Member Share Posted August 15, 2009 I really like Blind Fury despite the cheese factor. I remember seeing it in the theater back in the day and enjoying the hell out of it. I also own the DVD but haven't watched in awhile. Definitely gonna check it out again sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted August 18, 2009 Member Share Posted August 18, 2009 I did like the Hauer-Sho Kosugi duel even thought it was short, but it is always great to see Sho again and cannot wait to see Ninja Assassin in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OldPangYau Posted August 18, 2009 Member Share Posted August 18, 2009 They used to play a version on TV with alternate and extended scenes... haven't seen it in YEARS though. For example, I remember when the kid gives Hauer the finger when he meets him... on TV, it was an alternate take in which he sticks his tongue out at him, yet Hauer does the same thing, freaking him out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted May 26, 2021 Member Share Posted May 26, 2021 Watching this made me wish that Rutger Hauer was in one of the Highlander sequels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 26, 2021 Member Share Posted May 26, 2021 This should go into the Modern Martial Arts Movies forum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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