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Sometimes movies that have a good reputation and are considered essentials, just happen to keep quite a low profile. They are movies that for whatever reason, just aren't available on DVD or don't come on TV very often. But these movies usually are desired by fans worldwide, for example because they enjoy a certain cult status. ROLLING THUNDER is such a movie. Major Charlie Rane (William Devane) has just returned from Vietnam as a POW and finds his wife and son happy. While he has problems readjusting, fighting post-traumatic stress syndrome and the memories of torture, he also faces a divorce, because his wife wants to marry another guy. After his arrival, local residents donate a suitcase full of dollar coins to him as a welcome back gift. One night, a gang of thugs show up at his house and forces him to give up those coins. After he refuses, they torture him and put his hand into a garbage grinder. His wife and son arrive home and they tell the thugs where the money is. But they kill the wife and son before leaving, and leave Rane wounded on the floor. After he is somewhat healed, he goes out and seeks revenge, not telling the police who the thugs were. He is accompanied by an old lover named Linda, who joins him as he drives down to Mexico to shake up the killers of his family. This is not an easy thing to accomplish, and in the end he teams up with one of his former comrades, Johnny (Tommy Lee Jones) as they gear up and attack a whorehouse and kill everyone. The movie was co-written by Paul Schrader and made after Taxi Driver, which was also written by him. This dramatic tale of Vietnam vets returned home, reminds me of First Blood, which was made far later. But Rolling Thunder is not mainly an action film. Actually it moves on quite slowly until it ends with a Peckinpah-esque finale with lots of shotgun fire and fake blood. Flynn directs Devane and Co through a film that slowly establishes the plot, which gives the audience plenty of opportunity to observe the character of Rane....READ MORE

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