La colère du tueur

Logan Fallon (Eddie Cibrian) was ten years old when his prosecutor father was marked for murder by a gangster he was prosecuting. Logan has this uncanny ability to sense danger before it happens, and he sensed the gangster's hitmen coming and survived their attack but the rest of his family was not so lucky. Logan chose not to tell the investigator who killed his family cause he wants to get them himself.

Better than average TV stars Chuck Norris, who has a cameo appearance, and Eddie Cibrian, who is the main lead. He acts quite well as the ex-army ranger out for revenge. It's a simple plot, it's a familiar story, and it's a bit slow, but overall it was quite gripping with some good action. It's amazing to see the 58 year old Chuck take down the bad guys with much vigour.

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.

Usually when you see a TV movie, it ends up being a film that was produced for about five dollars, and is one of the worst things ever put on film. Since chuck norris has gone to TV, everything he's touched. has turned to gold. television is actually decent now! I went out and bought the 3 pack set of this movie along with the presidents man 1 and 2. All three of these ended up being so much better than the action movies that are released theatrically today!! Far beyond what I thought they were going to be. Good solid stories, and entertaining enough that you WILL want to see more! It was nice to see chuck back in action and to see him bring martial arts back onto the scene. Great fun!

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.

*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!