McQuade the wolf

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Movie
German title McQuade the wolf
Original title Lone Wolf McQuade
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1983
length 107 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Steve Carver
script H. Kaye Dyal ,
BJ Nelson
production Yoram Ben-Ami ,
Steve Carver
music Francesco De Masi
camera Jerry G. Callaway ,
Roger Shearman ,
Michael Sibley
cut Anthony Redman
occupation

McQuade, the Wolf (Original title: Lone Wolf McQuade ) is an American action film directed by Steve Carver from 1983 .

action

JJ McQuade is a Texas Ranger. The loner is called a lone wolf. His daughter Sally is raised by his ex-wife. He initially fights Mexican horse thieves and single-handedly defeats them after they captured some police officers who were trying to arrest them.

After that, he retires just in time to say goodbye to his partner and only friend Dakota. McQuade gets Kayo as a new partner from his captain, one of the men he freed from the horse thieves' hostage. McQuade initially rejects this on the grounds that he is working alone and leaves the office angrily.

When his daughter witnesses a robbery on a US Army transport, the criminals shoot her friend and injure her. Before the FBI took over the investigation, however, Kayo had pocketed a delivery note. McQuade and Kayo use this to find out that it was an arms transport.

McQuade continues his research despite the FBI's investigation. He receives information from a criminal whom he illegally interrogates as to who could be behind the attack. While McQuade is still investigating, the informant is shot. Dakota, who was guarding the suspect, is also killed.

Although McQuade is sent on vacation and released from the case for the murder of Dakota, FBI agent Jackson calls on McQuade's help to find a weapons depot hidden in the desert. McQuade finds out that Rawley Wilkes - a seedy businessman - is behind the robberies. Ultimately, McQuade's daughter is kidnapped by Wilkes. However, McQuade's ex-boss reveals where she is being held and McQuade, his partner and Jackson go to Mexico to free them.

They find Sally, but are discovered. It comes to a showdown with a close fight between McQuade and the karate master Wilkes. Wilkes eventually fires a machine gun at McQuade, but meets Lola, Wilkes' model wife and McQuade's mistress, who throws herself into the bullet. Wilkes tries to escape, but McQuade throws a hand grenade at him.

In the final scene, McQuade, who is about to help his ex-wife and daughter move, is intercepted by Kayo, who tells him that a bank has been taken hostage. Although he is on vacation, to the annoyance of his ex-wife, he rushes to a new assignment.

Reviews

Roger Ebert compared the film in the Chicago Sun-Times previously produced of 18 April 1983 with 20 years Spaghetti Western films. They are not great films, but they have “presence, style and energy”. The film is an action film without justifying itself for it ("This is an action movie. It makes no apology for that."). He offers Chuck Norris the right character for him.

background

The film was shot in Texas . At a production cost of around US $ 5 million , it grossed around US $ 12.2 million in US cinemas. In Germany, the film was seen by more than 1 million viewers.

The production costs were borne by private investors as well as a production company owned by Aaron and Chuck Norris. Aaron Norris was also involved in the film as a stunt coordinator. A large film studio showed no interest in realizing the material. Orion Pictures Corporation took over the theatrical distribution .

Steve Carver, who had previously directed The Giant (1981) with Chuck Norris in the leading role, took over the direction .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  2. ^ Filming locations for Lone Wolf McQuade
  3. ^ Box office / business for Lone Wolf McQuade
  4. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, Hille 2013, p. 140.
  5. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 135f.