by Hal Erickson
synopsis
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 responsible for the accident that blinded him. Based on a series of Japanese films about a blind samurai (released under the blanket title of Zatoichi).
characteristics
- Obsessive Quests
- Living With Disability
- Heroic Mission
- Righting The Wronged
- Tough Guys
- Yakuza
- Mob
- Mafia
- Gang
- Sharpshooter
- Disability
- Cripple
- Veteran [military]
- Zen-master
- Blind
