Rating: R
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 03/16/1990(USA)
Release Date: 12/28/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol/Por/KO/TH
Dubbed: English/Espanol/Por
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Rutger Hauer plays a blinded Vietnam vet who also happens to be an expert swordsman. Twenty years after the war,
Hauer finds himself waist-deep in gangsters when he tries to help the son (
Brandon Call) of an old army buddy. Along the way, he reforms an ex-comrade in arms (
Terrance O'Quinn) who was responsible for the accident that blinded him. Based on a series of Japanese films about a blind samurai (released under the blanket title of
Zatoichi).
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide