TRIAL BY FIRE is a TV movie spin-off of the long-running WALKER, TEXAS RANGER TV series starring the one and only Chuck Norris. I haven't watched the show (unfortunately), but this film feels like a cross between a typical Norris movie and a typical PERRY MASON mystery. Half of it is a detective story and the other half a courtroom drama. The story has a bunch of North Koreans (!) on the hunt for a military computer processor that can be used to arm missiles to attack the US. They kill anyone who gets in their way, and Norris follows the bodies. For Norris fans, there isn't as much action as you'd hope, and he only gets to take part in two or three fight scenes, mostly at the end of the film. He's pretty obviously doubled too. The rest is average TV fodder, with melodrama and slight overacting, but it's fast enough that it's not boring, just cheesy.
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire
(2005 TV Movie)
When Chuck Norris meets Perry Mason
7 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers