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Good Guys Wear Black [Region 2] Reviews:
Good Guys Wear Black
2009-05-02 - A Special Forces unit gets sent into North Vietnam to rescue some POW's. The unit is setup but a few manage to escape the ambush and survive. Five years later the remaining survivors are targeted for termination one by one. Fortunately Chuck Norris (Major Booker) is warned by a pretty special investigator (Anne Archer) and the hunt is on for the mastermind behind everything. The plot is okay but if you're expecting a lot of martial arts you may be disappointed. Likewise, Chuck Norris provides his usual cardboard acting skills with some typical action scenes you would expect for this kind of film.

Don't let the trailer fool you!!!
2009-03-07 - Like many of you, I saw the trailer and I thought that this was gonna be an low budget action-packed film of the 70's, BUT I GOT PULLED!

What the trailer doesn't tell you is that there is only ONE action scene and it's only at the begining. The scene is at midnight and you don't get to see the action soo clearly, besides, Chuck Norris is not the one-man-army in that scene.
The rest of the action scenes were SOOO SHORT!! You don't get excited enought! you think that the action is gonna go on, but NOOOT!! it QUICKLY stops to hear more blah,blah,blah!

For Chuck Norris fans maybe this movie is worth watching it, but for those who want the "Missing in Action" style then search somewere else.

Adios.



Chuck What Happened??
2009-01-11 - My local Moviestop had this movie used for $3.99. The best part of the movie is the big Chuck Norris leaping kick through the car windshield. Without even having to sit through all 96-minutes, you can see the same kick reflected in Mr. Norris' sunglasses on the above picture. All events before and after led to that one kick. The actors were all hammy. The sex scenes were boring. The villian wasn't evil enough. Chuck does have a big political speech and the villian offers a counter argument but it all adds up to movie filler. And it isn't even entertaining filler at that.
The soundtrack seems to be heavily influenced by every 50's-60's low B-rate Sci Fi film. It so odd to see Chuck Norris looking for something to drink in his 70's apartment and hear flying saucers sound effects suddenly audible from out of nowhere.
To this film's credit, the movie starts off with a bang as Norris leds the Black Tigers, some secert military unit, to retrive POW's in Vietnam, but the rest of the story is without action or thrills. The movie comes to a halt after random scenes of destorying straw huts and Black Tiger members trying to save each other in the jungle.
The least believable part, is that its 5-years later, and now Chuck is teaching History and policital science at some university. Norris must be smart to get a PHD so quickly in that same 5-year time period.
It is fun to watch and make fun of. Everytime you see an Asian character, sinster music starts playing, and Chuck is called kick some butt. If you can turn off all logical thought, this can be fun at times.


Good Guys Wear Black: Pathos of the 1970s
2008-09-22 - In this 1977 film, Chuck Norris is John T. Booker. When this name is presented you almost think that Norris' character is going to have special powers. Well I guess he does, right? Pardon my deviation, in this movie Chuck Norris plays a C.I.A/military mercenary now political science professor/amateur race car driver. However when a reporter, played by a young Anne Archer, comes to bring some skeletons out of John T. Booker's closet, the madness begins.

John T. Booker was part of a special unit called The Black Tigers. Their last mission was to save some M.I.A. soldiers in Vietnam. Consequently the mission didn't go as planned and many of The Black Tigers were killed. Now Anne Archer's character is asking John T. Booker if he feels he and his team were set up when this mission transpired five years prior.

I am not going to rehash the entire plot; if you are a fan of Norris you have already seen this movie, planning on seeing this movie or will just see it because Chuck is in it. I have seen many of Chuck Norris' films and this one isn't his best. In contrast it isn't awful either. As a matter of fact, this movie almost has a James Bond/24 feel to it (feel doesn't mean like or better). This is manly due to all the political intrigue and mystery woven into the storyline. As for the action it is there, yet it isn't saturated throughout the movie. This might created the perception of a boring or slow paced flick. I felt it was a good balance. I love the jump kick + moving car = this is why I have the DVD.

This move does have some bad special effects, poor acting and dubious events in plot. I found these deficits to prove charm (others might not). The one thing this movie has got going for itself is the time capsule it has put on the 1970s, the fashion, gender roles, soundtrack, special effects and house wares. Look at the tile and shower curtain in John T. Booker's bathroom and you'll know what I am talking about.

Overall a cult classic served with a bit of cheese. Again this isn't a great film, but does have some merit in the John T. Booker...I mean Chuck Norris catalog. The DVD provides a nice picture, chapter selection and actor biographies. As for the title of the movie, Chuck Norris/John T. Booker only wears black for ten minutes in this entire film, go figure.

Bad Norris Film
2008-08-21 - I was completely deceived with this movie. I thought it was going to be another Norris-cop film, being that Chuck's wearing official cop shades on the cover. Then I thought I was watching Missing In Action, because the plot seemed to be similar...at least in the beginning. It turned out to be just another Norris film with no real highlights in it.

My complaints are as follows:
- the opening credits were horrid!! It was some new technology that Hollywood was playing around with using psychedelic colors and blurred-digital graphics. The song was ear-bleeding and nauseating. I just skipped it.
- The acting was as expected for such a film. The fight scenes were just lame and could have been done better with Tiger Showman-style karate, not the great martial arts we expect from Norris.
- The scene where Norris goes head-on with a speeding car was just ridiculous, especially after it was over and Chuck's just hanging out of the windshield looking like, "okay, now what?"
- There's no way they'd let anyone (even in the 70's) just bring a suitcase with a bomb on a plane. That part just ruined the movie for me and almost caused me to rip the disc from my player.

I do have to admit that the girl in the movie (Anne Archer) was smoking hot and there's no way she'd be in bed with Chia-Pet Chuck. I was hoping for a flash of flesh but was disappointed. The plot wasn't horrible, but could have been a bit better. Also the ending was great as I was wondering how Norris was going to clean up the mess that had been created.

Really not a bad movie, but I was expecting something more from Mr. Norris. Perhaps I'll have to check out his Missing in Action Collection (1, 2 & 3) series. This film could have been a great prequel for that.