Blind Fury

Blind Fury
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhillip Noyce
Written byCharles Robert Carner
Based on
Produced byTim Matheson
Daniel Grodnik
Starring
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byDavid A. Simmons
Music byJ. Peter Robinson
Production
company
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release dates
  • August 17, 1989 (1989-08-17) (West Germany)
  • March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16) (United States)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,692,037 (domestic)[1]

Blind Fury is a 1989 American action comedy film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Lisa Blount, Randall "Tex" Cobb, and Noble Willingham.[2] It is a modernized, English-language remake of Zatoichi Challenged, the 17th film in the Japanese Zatoichi film series.[3]

The film follows Nick Parker (Hauer), a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father (O'Quinn), who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate. This was Phillip Noyce's American film debut.

After premiering in West Germany, Blind Fury was released in the United States by Tri-Star Pictures on August 17, 1989. It received mixed-to-positive reviews,[4] but failed to find an audience at the box office. In the years since its release, the film has developed a cult following.

  1. ^ "Blind Fury (1990) – Weekend Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Blind Fury (1989), retrieved September 15, 2019
  3. ^ Astell, Hal. "Blind Fury". blog. Apocalypse Later. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference rottentomatoes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).