![]() ![]() ![]() A typical day finds McQuade shirtlessly taking some target practice on the sand-filled scarecrows outside his remote, ramshackle bungalow.Īs the title implies, McQuade works alone, a belief he reiterates after the Captain (R.G. He only drinks locally-brewed Pearl Beer. ![]() He drives a once white, now dirty Dodge SUV with a supercharger. What makes it stand out is the hero and his contributions to Norris' mythic persona. McQuade beats up or kills every bad guy in sight, also blowing up a car in the process. McQuade calmly watches police officers bungle a job before he steps in to save the day. The film's opening sequence finely establishes this bold character, whom the editor likens to a wolf, in numerous close-ups of his beardy face. The character resembles a young Cordell Walker (of "Walker, Texas Ranger"), the part Norris played longer than any other, only without his edges softened to suit CBS' old viewership and Norris' evolving Christian values. McQuade, a law enforcer who plays by his own rules. In the title role, Norris plays Texas Ranger J.J. ![]() Its 5.99 weighted user rating ranks it third among Norris' acting credits, trailing only the not-yet-released (but evidently anticipated) The Expendables 2 and Way of the Dragon. This 1983 film ranks fourth among Norris' modest filmography by number of IMDb user votes. Lone Wolf McQuade was also released during this era. These were the years that bred Norris' Missing in Action and Delta Force franchises, as well as the short-lived Saturday morning cartoon series "Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos." While his autobiography's claims that his films ranked up with Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz as MGM's strongest home video sellers seem more than a little dubious, Norris' films did reliably gross $10-$25 million at the box office from around 1980 to 1986. In the 1980s, Norris proved his ability to draw audiences to his signature action vehicles again and again. They all also look and sound ludicrous today, reinforcing both Norris' badass reputation and the giggles that follow it. They all cast Norris as hero, the tough guy who can fight his way to justice. Real life martial arts expert Norris began headlining his own movies: Good Guys Wear Black, A Force of One, Silent Rage, etc. Shortly after taking on Bruce Lee in The Way of the Dragon (1972), the penultimate film of Lee's too short career, Long before the septuagenarian actor became the subject of a popular ironic Internet meme, Norris was a bona fide leading man in an altogether different era of cinema. "Lone Wolf" McQuade from Good Guys Wear Black and Lone Wolf McQuade respectively.It is tough to remember a time when Chuck Norris was considered a serious action star. His name is also a reference to two Characters played by Norris. Booker's character is meant to play justice to Sphaghetti Westerns. Enough to bother to risk his life to save Ross even though he wasn't hired at all, and enough to abandon his rule of working alone.īooker appears to be directly based on Chuck Norris, Being a stereotypical "Badass", being able to wipe out an entire company battalion of Mercenaries with ease. He has shown respect for Barney Ross and his team, as well as a personal friendship with Barney Ross. Maybe because he's just overall better that way? It's unclear why exactly but it is clear that that is the way he likes to work. He works alone due to some past personal loss. Church, Trench Mauser, and Maggie in a helicopter. After the battle, having just lost his business he leaves with Mr. Church, and Trench Mauser engage Jean Vilain and his army of sangs in an airport, Booker joins in the battle, killing hordes of sangs. Booker turns down Barney Ross' offer to help the team stating that he "works alone." After saving the team, Booker gives Ross some information on Jean Vilain as well as a village that hates the sangs. Booker saves the team by killing all of sangs as well as destroying their tank. Booker lays out some advice for the group if they want to survive the ordealīarney Ross and his team are cornered by a small army of sang soldiers in a small town. ![]()
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