
Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him. In the process they also manage to kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge so he enlists the help of his war buddy Johnny to meet the thugs in a final showdown.... (Full plot summary below)
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Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him. In the process they also manage to kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge so he enlists the help of his war buddy Johnny to meet the thugs in a final showdown.
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| The GuardianPhilip FrenchDevane gives a performance of anguished depth, the final carnage is spectacular and it's a time capsule of a movie. |
| The TelegraphPatrick SmithWilliam Devane's performance – as Major Charles Rane, a former POW who sees his family get killed by hoodlums – remains magnetic: stoic and unhinged. |
| Time OutTom HuddlestonAt times deeply insightful, at others wholly crass, Rolling Thunder is a fascinating curio, the meeting point between realism and exploitation. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenEssentially a liberal vigilante film that’s rife with all the contradictions that description implies, Rolling Thunder has a pared, weirdly principled grace that still packs a punch. |
| Village VoiceNick PinkertonPerformances 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. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldRolling Thunder is a bloody, nasty, complicated action movie for a bloody, nasty, complicated moment in American history. |
| CineVueLee CassanellIf you can forgive the cardboard villains and suspicious editing, there is plenty here to hold your interest. |
| Washington PostArt HarrisThe movie 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. |
| User ReviewVicFerrariA group of Vietnam vets are released from a Viet Cong prison camp and return home to a hero's welcome. America has changed however, and so have they. Written by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) it's a slow burner that simmers then explodes into brutality. Good performances and a thoughtful script elevate this revenge flick. |