(Perhaps an in-joke, one scene takes place in the Eastwood Hospital.)Ĭrisp and direct as a frontal thrust, Wolf should pack a colossal wallop at the box office, both here and abroad.
McQuade is Dirty Harry in the Texas Rangers, with Norris playing a grizzled lawman who resists having a partner, fights with his superiors and naturally makes the most unassisted arrests in the Ranger ranks.
What leads up to this classic confrontation ending is a simple, well-executed white hat vs. The last scene pits Chuck Norris, undefeated karate champ, versus David Carradine, kung fu king, in a side-kicking, double roundhouse, foot-sweeping duel. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review of the action thriller is below. On April 15, 1983, Orion Pictures unleashed Chuck Norris’ PG-rated Lone Wolf McQuade in theaters nationwide.