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Rolling Thunder

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Original title

Rolling Thunder

Year

1977

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Flynn

Screenwriter

Paul Schrader, Heywood Gould

Cast

Music

Barry De Vorzon

Cinematography

Jordan Cronenweth

Producer

American International Productions

Genre

Drama. Thriller. Action | Crime. Revenge. Psychological Drama. Cult Movie

Synopsis

Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him. In the process they also manage to kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge so he enlists the help of his war buddy Johnny to meet the thugs in a final showdown.

Critics' reviews

"At times deeply insightful, at others wholly crass, Rolling Thunder is a fascinating curio, the meeting point between realism and exploitation."

Tom Huddleston: Time Out
"While 'Rolling Thunder' suffers from Schrader's predictable obsessions with masculine ritual and gunplay, Devane and Jones enhance the material with their nuanced, sensitive portrayals of men who have lost their souls in another land"

TV Guide
"Excellent cast performs well, but not well enough and Paul Schrader's story is strong, but not strong enough."

Variety Staff: Variety
"John Flynn's crisp, laconic direction and evocative use of Southern Texas locations transform Rolling Thunder into a more distinctive exploitation movie than it deserves to be. "

Gary Arnold: The Washington Post
"'Rolling Thunder' is a bloody, nasty, complicated action movie for a bloody, nasty, complicated moment in American history"

Tom Breihan: AV Club

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