I think Lone Wolf McQuade is the best "Chuck Norris" Chuck Norris film but this is probably the best movie starring Chuck Norris - it's King Creole vs Viva Las Vegas if you get my meaning.
This is a genuinely good film and Norris gives a strong performance as a cop in Chicago taking on drug dealers. There's a bunch of subplots - the best known one involves Chuck giving evidence against a cop who irresponsibly shoots a kid, but there's also one where he forms a relationship with the innocent daughter (Molly Hagan) of a drug dealer.
There is good action, which comes about logically and a very strong support cast - including Dennis Farina, and Henry Silva. There's no romance between Chuck and Hagan (she's quite young) which was surprising - I guess it's more realistic though it does rob the piece of some emotional impact when he's coming to the rescue. I feel her character should have been a love interest or been made younger so she could be like a "daughter interest" if that makes sense.
A strong film, which makes you wish Chuck Norris had done more work for Orion or at least worked with Andrew Davis again. He really didn't work enough with good directors.
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