LBWood

We saw this in 2D, on a digital projection system. While the movie is an hour and 36 minutes, it felt longer to me. I guess it's because there was nothing new about this, it was all pretty predictable. I even dozed off for a few minutes part way through.

Now, on the positive side, the movie's colors are rich and vibrant. The animation quality is simply amazing; some of the wide scenic shots looked almost real. The music is a lot of fun and there are some good laughs, especially in the latter half of the film. My 10-year old son was glued to the screen; even asked us when it was over which was our favorite scene(s). Overall, it's a good film. I'd say take the kids and go have some fun.

I was a big Chuck Norris fan in the 80's and saw all of his movies almost as soon as they were released. As Norris' films go, this is one of his better ones; particularly when compared to such fare as "Lone Wolf McQuade". The movie actually got some decent critic's reviews at the time, saying that this one put Norris on par with Eastwood and Bronson in the action genre. There was not a big emphasis on the martial arts this time and the pool room fight is a little more realistic than most others since then. A couple of the sub-plots, like Farina always coming up with a new business for the two of them, were nice ideas but weak. And the ending always felt like it was kind of "Well, we don't know what else to do here so just have a lot of explosions and gun fire and call it done". On the whole, it's not bad popcorn fare and if you are looking for a decent Norris movie, this is the one.