Blind Fury

Blind Fury (1989)

  • 55% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (9,218 ratings)

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… More

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Phillip Noyce
Genres
Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Mar 16, 1990 Wide
On DVD
Dec 28, 2004
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser

    the unacknowledged adaptation of the Zato Ichi films, which features Rutger Hauer as a blind swordsman who wanders the roads of America, helps reunite a small boy with his father, and wastes more mob henchman than you can shake a white cane at.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    One of Hauer's best flicks

  • Fred Topel, About.com

    Cool fight scenes that play up the blind aspect. Not much of a story, but a fun action movie.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Solid B-level actioner with lots of mayhem and the great Rutger Hauer.

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  • Cory T


    Refashioning Zatoichi into a zany, Americanized B-movie turns out to be a rollickingly fun idea. Rutger Hauer, the Dutch automaton, is a Vietnam veteran who lost his sight during the war and was trained by villagers on the art of being a samurai warrior. The swordplay is played for… More

  • Anthony L


    The most talked about film in my school's playground in 1989 and I've been wanting to see it ever since. A shame then that it comes as a huge disappointment 21 years later when I finally get to see it. It seems only 9 year old boys enjoy this cheap and horrible Zatoichi… More

  • Conner R


    The definition of a 90s action movie, so bizarre-yet-cool. Rutger Hauer essentially plays Daredevil, too bad this wasn't Daredevil because he would've made it amazing. This has some negative aspects, like an annoying kid and too many cheesy antics. However, the good out ways… More

  • EightThirty .


    21/03/2010 (TELEVISION) It's a fun movie to watch with the family and it keeps entertaining the whole room with a nice story, cheap but well timed comedy and reasonable action to go with it. This would of got 5 stars if I was still eight years old, I mean these are the films… More

  • xGary X


    Daft by the numbers action movie that helped Rutger Hauer become firmly rooted in the "straight to video" league. It's still much better than most Van Damme/Seagal movies though...

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