La vendetta di Logan

I've always been a big fan of Chuck Norris, but when I saw this film I was simply blown away by the perfect combination of well choreographed martial-arts action, stunt-work, and terrific training sequences. It still fascinates me now.

Although the story is simple, Chuck Norris stars as martial arts extraordinaire Jake Fallon, who, after the death of his brother and sister-in-law, adopts (and trains) his orphaned nephew. Logan (Eddie Cibrian, TV's Third Watch). After fifteen years of careful instruction, Logan is determined to avenge his parents Death... And, he'll need Uncle Jake's help to do it.

Although Chuck is about 58 in this film, he shows off some moves which many men in their prime could never pull off, Nice bit at the end with Norris dispatching the chief mobster using a method lifted directly from his own GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK movie from the 1970's, but this is better.

Logan's War: Bound by Honor is a solid piece of TV action movie entertainment. It has a great cast, a good story, and some exciting action bits. And although Chuck is not in the movie through out, it's still worth checking out.

One of my personal favorites.. Great stuff...

*Possible spoilers* Of course, it never was. According to urban legend, a mobbed-up studio bought the movie rights to the paperback vigilante so nobody with similar qualities, in real-life, would get any ideas! Thus, over the years, I've satisfied myself with Charles Bronson's first two "Death Wish" movies; Dolph Lundgren's version of "the Punisher" (better than most people give it credit for); and, now "Logan's War." Obviously, it was meant to inspire a TV series. That it failed to do so is no fault of the two lead actors.

I found Mr. Cibrian quite believable as Logan Fallon. And, Chuck Norris (as Uncle Jake) was his usual rugged self. *BTW, I recognized a couple nice homages to previous Chuck movies. The abusive dad-next-door who finally gets a taste of his own medicine, from "the Hit Man." And, the Flying Kick of Death-By-Windshield, from "Good Guys Wear Black."*

At the end, Joe Spano--as Special Agent Downing--tells his partner that the Fallon family's massacre doesn't give Logan the right to act as judge, jury, and executioner. Well, as an average law-abiding citizen (who occasionally hears about "reputed" organized crime-bosses getting undeserved acquittals), if I were a juror at Logan's trial for vigilantism, I would most definitely beg to differ!

This movie reminds me of the Executioner. A guy's family gets whacked by the Mafia and in return the guy goes after them. It's pretty awesome though. Chuck Norris plays an awesome role and it just reminds me so much of Walker, Texas Ranger, especially with the way the credits are made out and most of the guys have been on an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. The only thing that really stunk was that the beginning took place in 1983 and then in the middle jumps back 15 years later into the present and none of the characters, other than Logan changes. But overall, this movie was cool. I gave up reading the Executioner because of my spiritual beliefs, but I don't really see what's so wrong with this movie so I've got this movie to take over my wants to see a guy take out the Mafia. Overall, the best Chuck Norris movie I've seen.

While this has all the elements of another story where a boy sees his family killed and waits till he's older to exact revenge, this is special because there is at least a pretty tight plot and some great fighting scenes, and the main actors, Chuck Norris and Eddie Cibrian as uncle and nephew, share a special sixth sense when it comes to danger. The fight scenes are well choreographed and shows why when Norris is involved, there is bound to be hands and feet (and bodies) flying.

I thought Logan's War was very enjoyable and better than the average made-for-tv fare. I was very impressed with Eddie Cibrian who I thought played the part of vigilante/hero very well. It seemed to me that the movie was set up to spin off into a tv series and I watch with interest to see if this eventuates.