A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.
Directed by John Flynn
vietnam veteran
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
repayment
prisoner of war
motel
flashback
revenge
shootout
home invasion
hook for a hand
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IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
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Cast
William Devane
Major Charles Rane
Tommy Lee Jones
Johnny Vohden
Linda Haynes
Linda Forchet
James Best
Texan
Dabney Coleman
Maxwell
Lisa Blake Richards
Janet
Luke Askew
Automatic Slim
Cassie Yates
Candy
James N. Harrell
Grandpa
Paul A. Partain
Brother-in-Law
Janet Quist
Prositute in Brothel (uncredited)
Crew
John Flynn
Director
Heywood Gould
Screenplay
Paul Schrader
Screenplay
Barry De Vorzon
Original Music Composer
Jordan Cronenweth
Director of Photography
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer
Lawrence Gordon
Executive Producer
Mike Fenton
Casting
Paul Schrader
Original Story
Popular Reviews
83 reviews
Jimmy Wpaylel
8.0★ · 04/16/26
Cool.
Cool.
Jimmy Wpaylel
8.0★ · 04/16/26
Cool.
Cool.
Alem B
6.0★ · 04/11/26
An interesting time capsule. Better in the first 30 minutes where it’s more about a traumatized Nam veteran trying to come home. Sinks into a revenge pic, but man the 70s pace and action just can’t hold a candle to the later decades.
An interesting time capsule. Better in the first 30 minutes where it’s more about a traumatized Nam veteran trying to come home. Sinks into a revenge pic, but man the 70s pace and action just can’t hold a candle to the later decades.
D Meda
7.0★ · 03/27/26
The first 40 minutes were far more interesting than the rest of the movie. The stuff about POW vets being completely changed into cold killing machines was really interesting stuff to explore, I just wish the vengeance plot that it explored it through wasn't as by the numbers.
The first 40 minutes were far more interesting than the rest of the movie. The stuff about POW vets being completely changed into cold killing machines was really interesting stuff to explore, I just wish the vengeance plot that it explored it through wasn't as by the numbers.
MechaniChris
8.0★ · 01/20/26
What if Death Wish was good and somehow WAY sadder. Also Tommy Lee Jones is in it looking younger than he should be allowed to look.
What if Death Wish was good and somehow WAY sadder. Also Tommy Lee Jones is in it looking younger than he should be allowed to look.
