Blind Fury

"He's lucky he can't see what he's up against."

1989 1h 26m EN

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6.5

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53%

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6.3

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★6.5TMDB · 527🥫53%Rotten Tomatoes●31Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 19,734

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A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.

“He's lucky he can't see what he's up against.”

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Cast

Rutger Hauer
Nick Parker
Terry O'Quinn
Frank Devereaux
Brandon Call
Billy Devereaux
Charles Cooper
Cobb
Noble Willingham
MacCready
Lisa Blount
Annie Winchester
Meg Foster
Lynn Devereaux
Sho Kosugi
The Assassin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Charles Robert Carner, Charles Robert Carner, Ryōzō Kasahara
Languages: English, Vietnamese
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 14% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Vietnamese.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Phillip Noyce, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by J. Peter Robinson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor David A. Simmons shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Rutger Hauer and Terry O'Quinn and Brandon Call carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Phillip Noyce directs. Don Burgess behind the camera. J. Peter Robinson scores. David A. Simmons cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Vietnamese.

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186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Earned back only 14% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
337 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Vietnamese.
5Directed by Phillip Noyce, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by J. Peter Robinson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor David A. Simmons shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Rutger Hauer and Terry O'Quinn and Brandon Call carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "He's lucky he can't see what he's up against.".
10IMDB entry: tt0096945 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 26 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Don Burgess
Original score: J. Peter Robinson
Editing: David A. Simmons
Production design: Peter Murton
Costume design: Katherine Dover
Makeup / hair: Jan Sebastian
Sound: Richard D. Rogers
Stunt coordinator: Dick Ziker
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $2,700,000
Return: 14% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Blind Fury (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes: 53% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 31/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 19,734 votes
MPAA: R

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Wuchak2025-10-12
★ 8/10
Rutger Hauer as a blind Vietnam vet and master swordsman This was inspired by the Japanese film “Zatoichi Challenged” (1967), but I’m sure Marvel’s Daredevil was an influence as well (the character debuted in early 1964 and so had been around for 25 years when this debuted). There’s also some influence from Eastwood’s “The Gauntlet.” It’s surprisingly good with fleshed out characters, quality locations, lots of action and an effective sense of humor. Blonde Lisa Blount is a plus on the female front, along with a couple of other peripheral casino women. The mighty “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” would borrow from it two years later. Yet it’s inexplicably obscure. It runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot in Houston, Reno and Squaw Valley in northeastern California (renamed Palisades Tahoe in 2021). GRADE: A-

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