Main Cast
Rutger Hauer
Nick Parker
Terry O'Quinn
Frank Devereaux
Brandon Call
Billy Devereaux
Charles Cooper
Cobb
Noble Willingham
MacCready
Lisa Blount
Annie Winchester
Meg Foster
Lynn Devereaux
Sho Kosugi
The Assassin
Randall "Tex" Cobb
Slag
Nick Cassavetes
Lyle Pike
Trailer
User Reviews
Wuchak
**_Rutger Hauer as a blind Vietnam vet and master swordsman_** This was inspired by the Japanese film “Zatoichi Challenged” (1967), but I’m sure Marvel’s Daredevil was an influence as well (the character debuted in early 1964 and so had been around for 25 years when this debuted). There’s also some influence from Eastwood’s “The Gauntlet.” It’s surprisingly good with fleshed out characters, quality locations, lots of action and an effective sense of humor. Blonde Lisa Blount is a plus on the female front, along with a couple of other peripheral casino women. The mighty “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” would borrow from it two years later. Yet it’s inexplicably obscure. It runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot in Houston, Reno and Squaw Valley in northeastern California (renamed Palisades Tahoe in 2021). GRADE: A-
