★ August 17, 1989 — Tri-Star Pictures. Music video by J. Peter Robinson performing ’’Firestorm’’
Rutger Hauer plays Nick Parker, an American soldier who is blinded while serving in the Vietnam War. Parker is blinded by a mortar explosion, but is soon after rescued by local villagers, who help him recover his health (though he remains blind). As part of his recovery, he is taught to be an expert swordsman by the local master.
Years later, having returned to the United States, he visits old army-buddy Frank Deveraux (Terry O’Quinn), only to find that Deveraux is missing. Parker then rescues Frank’s son Billy (Brandon Call) from an attack in which Billy’s mother (Meg Foster) is shot and killed by the henchmen of Frank’s evil boss, MaCready (Noble Willingham). These men apparently want to kidnap Billy in order to use him as leverage over Frank.
Parker and Billy, chased by MaCready’s men and lead villain (Randall “Tex“ Cobb), make their way t