"The Lone wolf McQuade" is one of Norris most known movies and also one of his best. Norris character in "Expendables 2" is referred to as being a "Lone Wolf". Also the famous TV show with Norris "Walker Texas ranger " was obviously inspired by this movie . The producers of this movie sued CBS for copyright infringement. CBS was later on issued a retro-active license by Orion.
This movie is a homage and a tribute to Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and has often been compared and likened to those movies. Even the pretty good music by Francesco De Masi seems to borrow from Ennio Morricone score from "Once Upon a Time in the West".
As the title suggest Norris plays a Dirty Harry type of cop – independent , incorruptible, brave, often in conflict with his bosses. The movie makes one difference compared to Harry Callahan – the creators gave Norris quite nice love story here. It shows us that McQuade is tough on the outside , but soft on the inside.
From what I've remember McQuade has got a wolf instead of dog. He likes beer , but only one kind of beer. He won't drink anything else. He's divorced , yet he's a friend with his ex-wife and daughter. He's got a sidekick who is a total rookie. He's stubborn and not always plays by rules , so he gets suspended quite often by his bosses. And it's good that he's portrayed here as human who can be hurt emotionally or physically , because that makes the movie much more interesting if Norris was just a killing machine.
According to the producers, had Bruce Lee been alive at the time, he would have been offered the part that eventually went to David Carradine . Had Lee taken the part, the producers would have billed the film as "the rematch of the century". That would been awesome.
Still , David Carradine is not bad as the villain Also he's a worthy kung fu opponent for Chuck. As we know a villain is very important in action movie . Barbara Carrera is good as the love interest .
A fun action western from the 80's. After "Delta force" it's Norris best movie. I give it 6/10.
This movie is a homage and a tribute to Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and has often been compared and likened to those movies. Even the pretty good music by Francesco De Masi seems to borrow from Ennio Morricone score from "Once Upon a Time in the West".
As the title suggest Norris plays a Dirty Harry type of cop – independent , incorruptible, brave, often in conflict with his bosses. The movie makes one difference compared to Harry Callahan – the creators gave Norris quite nice love story here. It shows us that McQuade is tough on the outside , but soft on the inside.
From what I've remember McQuade has got a wolf instead of dog. He likes beer , but only one kind of beer. He won't drink anything else. He's divorced , yet he's a friend with his ex-wife and daughter. He's got a sidekick who is a total rookie. He's stubborn and not always plays by rules , so he gets suspended quite often by his bosses. And it's good that he's portrayed here as human who can be hurt emotionally or physically , because that makes the movie much more interesting if Norris was just a killing machine.
According to the producers, had Bruce Lee been alive at the time, he would have been offered the part that eventually went to David Carradine . Had Lee taken the part, the producers would have billed the film as "the rematch of the century". That would been awesome.
Still , David Carradine is not bad as the villain Also he's a worthy kung fu opponent for Chuck. As we know a villain is very important in action movie . Barbara Carrera is good as the love interest .
A fun action western from the 80's. After "Delta force" it's Norris best movie. I give it 6/10.