Logan's War: Bound by Honor

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In 1983, 10 year old Logan Fallon lived happily with his family. His father is a DA taking on the Chicago mob. His house is under police guard but it's not enough. Mobsters massacre his family. He's the sole survivor and he goes to live with his uncle Jake (Chuck Norris). Logan (Eddie Cibrian) grows up to be a hero soldier. He decides to take on those who murdered his family. He infiltrates the mob by working for gangster Sal Mercado (Jeff Kober). Chuck Norris made a bunch of these TV-movies during this time. With the success of Walker Texas Ranger, most of them seems to be done with the hopes of getting picked up to be another new show. I don't think any of them actually made it to series. The reason is probably that one Chuck Norris show is more than enough. I'm not a Walker fan and I got tired of Chuck's work during this time. This movie is no different.

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As the 1990s progresses, Chuck Norris found himself falling out of favour with cinema audiences – so he transferred his hard-man antics to the small screen, where he struck gold with his successful series, WALKER, Texas RANGER. At the same time he continued to appear in a series of television movies, including this one, which re-teams him with television director Michael Preece for a story of revenge, the plot of which appears to have come straight out of the 1970s. First, the bad news for Norris fans: he's not the main star here! Instead, that honour goes to the fresh-faced Eddie Cibrian, playing a guy who witnesses the murder of his entire family (shades of LEON here) and, fifteen years later, decides to get revenge. He does so by infiltrating the mob and getting close to the guys responsible, before revealing his true identity, at which point all hell predictably breaks loose. So, there's nothing new here for action lovers. The film is marred by Preece's sappy, cheesy direction and the inclusion of a preposterous sub-plot which sees Cibrian possessing psychic abilities, able to predict when disaster is about to occur. Saying that, for a TV movie, this is pretty impressive. It's got a ton of action to recommend it, some comedy – it works on occasion, like the two dumb gangsters, other times it doesn't – and quite a lot of drama. It's all very cheesy but hey, this is the US TV style. The acting is adequate – Cibrian's hero is a likable enough chap, the bad guys are suitably bad and Chuck Norris is as fun on screen as ever – but really, this is all about the action. And it isn't bad at all. The highlight is the huge shoot-out at the climax of the movie, which incorporates the cheesy kick-through-the-windscreen stunt that Norris pulled off in GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK – except this time, a stuntman stands in for our hero. Still, it's good stuff, and Norris is still on top form in the various training sequences we see him take part in (and you've gotta love the photo they use from DELTA FORCE II). It's just a shame he wasn't the main actor. LOGAN'S WAR is no classic and it's quickly forgettable viewing. But it's kind of fun, and I have to say I enjoyed it.

It was a good movie that I watched on TV. I watched it mostly because it had Chuck Norris in it. It had a good story line and a lot of good fighting. My dad, my friends, and I have all watched it and we still talk about a certain move that Chuck Norris did twice in the movie. I am trying to get any information about this move but can't seem to find any. So overall I would say it is a movie worth watching.

For years I have loved this movie very much, A lot of my favorite so-called b-class actors are in here. R. D Call, Jeff Kober! The plot was very good, and of course the fighting scenes was excellent. I just wish the end wasn't so hasty. Logan plotted from childhood up to Revenge his parents murder and I think it should have went over into a 3/4 part series. This is why I gave it a 7 the ending should have been different and ended better. The ending seemed rushed in abrupt. And still set up to be a sequel which never happened. They should have made it to where the one mob boss got away! That way in the sequel, Logan would be looking for him and as the authorities who didn't do their job, would be looking for Logan.

*Possible spoilers* Of course, it never was. According to urban legend, a mobbed-up studio bought the movie rights to the paperback vigilante so nobody with similar qualities, in real-life, would get any ideas! Thus, over the years, I've satisfied myself with Charles Bronson's first two "Death Wish" movies; Dolph Lundgren's version of "the Punisher" (better than most people give it credit for); and, now "Logan's War." Obviously, it was meant to inspire a TV series. That it failed to do so is no fault of the two lead actors. I found Mr. Cibrian quite believable as Logan Fallon. And, Chuck Norris (as Uncle Jake) was his usual rugged self. *BTW, I recognized a couple nice homages to previous Chuck movies. The abusive dad-next-door who finally gets a taste of his own medicine, from "the Hit Man." And, the Flying Kick of Death-By-Windshield, from "Good Guys Wear Black."* At the end, Joe Spano--as Special Agent Downing--tells his partner that the Fallon family's massacre doesn't give Logan the right to act as judge, jury, and executioner. Well, as an average law-abiding citizen (who occasionally hears about "reputed" organized crime-bosses getting undeserved acquittals), if I were a juror at Logan's trial for vigilantism, I would most definitely beg to differ!

OK so I bought this film thinking it was a Chuck Norris flick, but he's only in it for a few scenes. Don't get me wrong the film is still good but he is hardly in the flick. This is a good film its sort of like Delta Force meets the Punisher! Basically Logans Family are knocked off when he's a child and he is the only survivor, His uncle (Chuck Norris) feels something is wrong and decides to go to his nephew. Logan vows revenge! He goes to live with his uncle who trains him to fight and inspires him to join 'The Rangers' after Logan completes his tour of duty he returns and decides to finish his vow. Here is where the action starts. Mark :-)

I thought Logan's War was very enjoyable and better than the average made-for-tv fare. I was very impressed with Eddie Cibrian who I thought played the part of vigilante/hero very well. It seemed to me that the movie was set up to spin off into a tv series and I watch with interest to see if this eventuates.