Performances are made crystalline through a sixth sense for camera placement and curt cutting from director John Flynn, whose 2007 passing was little noted, though his no-BS way of laying down a story is a rare commodity in any era.
Rolling Thunder
Major Charles Rane has come home to war!
1977 · 1h 40m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
John Flynn
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Rolling Thunder
Overview
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
Director and cast
- John Flynn Director
- William Devane as Major Charles Rane
- Tommy Lee Jones as Johnny Vohden
- Linda Haynes as Linda Forchet
- James Best as Texan
- Dabney Coleman as Maxwell
- Lisa Blake Richards as Janet (as Lisa Richards)
- Luke Askew as Automatic Slim
- Paul A. Partain as Brother in Law
- Lawrason Driscoll as Cliff
- James Victor Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
In sum, it neither rolls nor thunders.
[It] has some good things, but in the way it has been directed by John Flynn it moves so easily and sort of foolishly toward its violent climax that all the tension within Charlie has long since escaped the film.
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