4/10
Early and low-budgeted Chuck Norris entry in which he takes on a powerful judge who rules tyrannically a village
25 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This moving picture is plenty of action-packed , excitement , tense and cheesy sub-plot to boot with wild stunts . A truck driver called John Dawes (Chuck Norris) searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a little town run by nasty people , but he has been really detained and condemned by a corrupt judge called Joshua Trimmings (George Murdock). Then Norris using his skills as a fighter discovers the undercover activities of the heinous judge while eliminates his hoodlums one-by-one . One Man Makes a Difference .A town without justice. A hero without fear . Don't Muck Around With An 18 Wheel Trucker...he's got a CB radio and a hundred friends who just might get mad! A Bean Store Dolly and a Million Miler...They Had an 18 Wheeler...And a Grudge .The Battle Cry of the Great Truckers War!

Early and below average Norris outing as only starring , in fact his former first films were Way of the Dragon with Bruce Lee and Slaughter in San Francisco , both of them as a secondary actor , being packed with noisy action, tension , car pursuits , fights , violence and unknown support cast , exception for George Murdock and brief appearace by Jack Nance. Here Norris cleans up the village against nasty henchmen by means of leaps , punches , kick-ass , with struggles certainly slick . Mediocre and ordinary screenplay by Chambers and Hulette himself , it's violent , frenetic and hectic and not particularly literary but worthy entry in Kung-Fu genre , although runs out energy surprisingly early . Average Norris-thriller , exciting and tense at times with fine work from George Murdock as a druk and corrupt judge who rules over a little town .The pic was regularly directed by Don Hulette who also produced , wrote and composed the thrilling musical score . The film belongs Norris's early period , as during the 70s when he made low-average budget as this ¨Breaker, Breaker¨, ¨Slaughter in San Francisco ¨, after that , in the 80s and 90s he acted in better movies as ¨Code of silence¨, ¨Delta Force¨ , ¨Silent rage¨ ,¨Octagon¨ ,¨Forced vengeance¨, ¨Delta Force I,II¨ , ¨An eye for an eye¨ among others , with successful box office at cinemas and video-rentals . In the 90s and 2000s with exception of ¨Walker Texas Ranger¨, the Norris star had gone down . Action addicts will give this one a passing grade , all others need not apply . If you're a previous Norris fans , you'll like it but contains enough action and violence for enthusiasts of the Karate genre . This is a must see if you're a die-hard Chuck Norris fan ,but only for Norris completists. Rating : 4/10 , so-so action movie .
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