Lone Wolf Mcquade

Was surprised this one had slip by me in the past. Just watched it for the first time. Good old movie making and one of Chuck Norris's best, I would say. Its very funny in places. highly recommended.

Great old time martial arts movie with Chuck Norris and David Caridine

My small son loves to have a "Bro Night" with me on rare weekends when my wife has to attend an academic conference. I am therefore usually on the lookout for a great "guys movie" that is decent but without too much overt violence for my small son. Lone Wolf McQuade comes fairly close to fitting that bill. I am not sure what most might consider to be the ideal action movie, but Lone Wolf McQuade might get my vote. It can easily stand side by side with other fan favorites of the 1980's like Predator, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Aliens, etc.... with the added bonus that there is no overt bloodshed, cussing, or sex in the movie. I would not say it is perfect for smaller kids, but if you fast forward through a few sketchy parts, it can be seen and enjoyed by a younger audience as well.Most people who read this likely already know the plot but to help those few who may not, the story concerns the exploits of a fictional Texas Ranger based in El Paso whose name is J. J. McQuade (played by Chuck Norris). McQuade is a lawman who lives in a dilapidated home but who has extreme skills when it comes to unarmed combat and firearms. After dealing with cattle thieves at the beginning of the movie, Ranger McQuade quickly becomes involved in trying to determine who is selling stolen military equipment in the area. His suspicions quickly turn to Rawley Wilkes (played by David Carridine), a local businessman who seems to enjoy taunting others and is an expert in martial arts. Obviously a showdown is brewing and the two take turns trying to bring the other one down.Is it high drama on par with the opera La Boheme? Hell no, ... but it is a great action movie and one that most audiences can enjoy. My small son loved the fights and McQuade's Bronco, but we did skip one or two minor areas that were a bit too violent. Overall the movie is great and a good watch for fathers and sons everywhere.

First, adjust your expectations for what this is - Chuck Norris kicking ass in a sweaty spaghetti western / karate action movie that is horribly out of date for 2020 - but it excels at being true to the pre-Arnold 80s action genre.The entire movie is set in West Texas & Mexico and has some fantastic cinematography. The score is great, but a straight rip off of Ennio Morricone's greatest hits - complete with the organ music of the final fight scene. Everyone is covered in sweat throughout the entire movie. The production must have been grueling.Chuck Norris is not only a "lone wolf" Texas Ranger, but his pet dog is an actual wolf. He drinks cheap beer, which he applies topically when he requires medical treatment. He also has a truck with a supercharger that can work underground - its amazing. David Carradine wears sweaters in the Texas heat, smokes cigarellos, and drives a Mercedes with "Carate" on the license plate. For some reason there is another bad guy who is a dwarf in a wheelchair who was miscast as the villain of a Bond movie. There is a another Texas Ranger who dresses like Colonel Sanders and is the comic relief.In short, if you like action movies and can laugh through the tropes that are seriously out of date, this is a very entertaining movie...

Good movie from the good ol days.

This was, as a whole, a surprisingly good action movie starring one of my favorite martial arts/action stars. The plot was a little...farfetched; I mean, stealing military supplies, and from convoys, no less, almost makes for a thrilling plot device. For one who happens to be in the military, though, I just had to say "Oh, come ON!" Anyway, getting past that, this flick has every single thing a guy needs in an action film, and actually does a pretty fine job of it. Let's see...we've got Chuck Norris; a saucy leading lady (Barbara Carrera); Chuck romping around with saucy leading lady; Chuck killing and/or beating up a thousand bad guys; lots of explosions, guns, and car crashes; beer, beer, and more beer; use of construction equipment for other than specified by the manual; a final, bare-knuckle, man-to-man showdown with the main villain (and, actually, David Carradine plays the role very well!); Chuck's patented "thousand-yard stare"...oh, and more explosions and beer. Who could ask for more?This movie's biggest hook, of course, is Chuck Norris vs. David Carradine (Kung Fu), which to me is one of the better straight-up fight scenes in recent movie history. Nothing terribly fancy, but the two sell some wicked-looking kicks and punches.As far as action movies go, I wasn't disappointed in anything with "Lone Wolf McQuade" except maybe the plot, but hey, it's a MOVIE. If you like action flicks as well, I'd recommend this one as part of your collection. It's considered a classic, after all...and Chuck doesn't even sing the closing theme.

“LONE WOLF McQUADE” (1983) Bursting with superhero atmosphere and armed with a pervasively strong heroic musical theme, this world-class production features a rugged young one-man-army (Chuck Norris) as the eponymous lone renegade lawman.Without any wasted motion or words, our hero single-handedly cleans up a dirty band of cattle-rustling and horse-stealing bandits, while also rescuing some fellow rangers…all before breakfast. After lunch he’ll dispense his brand of justice to a vicious gang of arms and drug dealers. This movie was wildly successful on its own, and also served as the forerunner of the popular and still globally ubiquitous TV series, “Walker, Texas Ranger.”Chuck-full of impact-aware gunfights, colorful explosions, and martial arts action co-starring a smugly over-confident David Carradine. Add the smoldering hot Barbara Carrera, along with an intriguing cast of offbeat characters, and you have an exceedingly watchable one-of-a-kind vintage action film classic!

Back in the 1980s Chuck Norris made a career out of starring in approximately 40 million low-budget action movies. Most of these were produced by the notorious Cannon Group, but thankfully Lone Wolf McQuade was exempt from that rule. With a price tag that wouldn't even cover the catering budget of the typical Hollywood film, and a PG rating, Lone Wolf McQuade actually manages to be very good for what it is.Chuck is the titular McQuade, a grubby, rugged (grubbed?) Texas Ranger with hair covering 90% of his body who lives in a dirty shack out in the desert and spends what little free time he has blasting at target dummies. His wife and daughter have moved on, tired of his dedication to the job. Make no mistake, McQuade is one honest-to-God, genuine, straight-up tough guy. He's too good for the job, angering his long-suffering Captain who teams him with a cheeky, young upstart Highway Patrolman. McQuade doesn't take to kindly to this and just as he chases his new partner out of his dirty shack his daughter (Dana Kimmel, the cutie-pie lead from Friday the 13th Part 3) is caught-up in a gun-running plot operated by the evil Rawley Wilkes (David Carradine, who looks so much like Chuck they could be brothers, minus the body hair).It's basically an A-Team plot (the clip credits don't help distract from this) but everything is overblown so much it truly would have been an awesome film to watch in a crowded cinema back in 1983. Even the score, by some guy I had never heard of, was brilliant, echoing Spaghetti westerns of the 60 and 70s. Everything that can be exaggerated gets the treatment. But it's important to note that this is not a ridiculous film in the vein of Commando. Lone Wolf McQuade takes itself seriously as a western and somehow, through sheer masculinity and a devil-may-care attitude it works.Apparently Chuck liked the character so much he wanted to make a TV show out of it but MGM wouldn't budge so Walker, Texas Ranger was created instead. It's a shame that it had to turn out that way as a TV show would have been a nice legacy for the movie. As it is, it's one of Chuck's best. I went in with expectations so low they could ooze underneath the bathroom door. McQuade may be a lone wolf, but he's also a dark horse.You've got to admit, for a studio that were brought back from the brink of bankruptcy very recently, MGM are quite generous when it comes to their catalog releases on Blu-ray. Even their lesser regarded movies are getting decent transers. Lone Wolf McQuade is presented in a very nice-looking 1.85:1 1080p transfer with all of the grain from the original negative present for you purists. The film doesn't have an eye-popping color pallet, but it's the best it has ever looked since the premier screening. A punchy DTS HD-MA mono track is also included with a single trailer as the lone wolf extra. Sadly, it comes in a nasty eco-case.

Lone Wolf McQuade is the most untypical of Chuck Norris films and possibly his best in regard to his unsung acting skills. As a lone ranger he hunts down a Texas town's most notorious drug lord, only to make it personal by stealing his love interest. This is not just a modern day western but also something of a futuristic action film working off the bare essentials, but it works very well. It's like a cross between the original Mad Max and the classic 60's westerns but with a hilarious dose of 007 styled villains to brighten the tone

A hard to find DVD that was well worth my search on Amazon.i first saw this film when it first came out on VHS in the early 80's and never since until this DVD arrived.I'm pleased to say the action and martial arts sequences have stood the test of time well.The film is very much a forerunner of Walker Texas Ranger only in a dirtier mode,litterally.Great!

This is by no means a new film, but it's not a bad film if you like action movies. I enjoyed the fighting scenes and David Carradine is an interesting villain!

Great