Style: Motion
Director: Steve Carver
Starring: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera
Working Time: 108 minutes
Synopsis: In El Paso, JJ McQuade (Chuck Norris) is a Texas Ranger and martial arts professional, unwillingly teamed with the inexperienced “Kayo” Ramos (Robert Beltran). JJ meets the alluring Lola (Barbara Carrera), who’s in a relationship with shady businessman (and likewise martial arts professional) Rawley Wilkes (David Carradine). A violent weapons heist within the space attracts the eye of the FBI’s Agent Jackson (Leon Isaac Kennedy). Regardless of preliminary stress, JJ, Kayo, and Jackson staff as much as examine, resulting in a showdown with Wilkes.
What Works Nicely: In a nasty film with a lot to like, the sheer audacity of teleporting peak Spaghetti Western vibes into modern-day Texas must be saluted. Just a few sunbaked pictures are epic (together with McQuade in full-glory silhouette), and the overblown Francesco De Masi music rating doesn’t go away a single Morricone notice behind. The ultimate showdown between McQuade and Wilkes is a bone-crunching legend, solely surpassed by the jaw-dropping spectacle of McQuade (with beer in hand) and his truck rising from the grave. The supporting solid consists of Western stalwarts R.G. Armstrong and L.Q. Jones.
What Does Not Work As Nicely: All of the writing, performing, staging, and plot factors land with the tinny clang of cringey low funds incompetence, and the makes an attempt at a romance between Norris and Carrera are awkward sufficient to be concurrently hilarious and tragic. McQuade punches, kicks, or shoots a deserving goal seemingly each minute of every single day.
Key Quote:
Jackson: It is like any individual would not such as you McQuade.
McQuade: I make just a few enemies right here and there.
