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Blind Fury is a 1989 American action film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Lisa Blount, Randall "Tex" Cobb, and Noble Willingham. It is a modernized, English-language remake of Zatoichi Challenged, the 17th film in the Japanese Zatoichi film series.
The film follows Nick Parker (Hauer), a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father (O'Quinn), who has been kidnapped by a crime syndicate. This was Phillip Noyce's American film debut.
After premiering in West Germany, Blind Fury was released in the United States by Tri-Star Pictures on August 17, 1989. It received mixed-to-positive reviews, but failed to find an audience at the box office. In the years since its release, the film has developed a cult following.
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Plot
While serving in Vietnam, American soldier Nick Parker is blinded by a mortar explosion. Rescued by local villagers, he recovers his health and, though he remains blind, is trained to master his other senses and be an expert swordsman.
20 years later, having returned to the United States, he seeks out his old army buddy Frank Deveraux, only to find that Deveraux is missing. Parker meets Frank's son Billy and his mother Lynn, Frank's ex-wife. Minutes later, corrupt police officers working for Frank's boss Claude MacCready arrive to kidnap Billy, planning to use him as leverage over Frank. MacCready's henchman Slag knocks Billy unconscious and mortally wounds Lynn when she tries to reach her son. Nick kills the officers, but Slag escapes. With her last words, Lynn tells Nick to take Billy to his father in Reno, Nevada.
