Blind Fury - The Best Movie You Never Saw

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

LOVED this movie as a kid. Emotional ending too.

[@56postoffice]

*"The Daniel Day Lewis of the action genre."* A fitting epitaph to a wonderful actor. *RIP* Rutger Hauer.

[@allencampbell3350]

I love this flick. It was a staple on HBO in the early 90's and I'd be glued every time it was on. AND it's held up for 30 years.

[@justj2440]

The epitome of a hidden gem. A film you never heard of, watch with no expectations, turns out to be very competent and a lot of fun! I discovered it on vhs 5 years ago!

[@Destruct-cf3zi]

Never went a year growing up without watching this 10+ times during summer vacation and whatever I could get away with during the school year. Born in 82, I know this movie better than family members

[@OmegaSeraphim]

I watched this movie several times! I have it on VHS. Rutger was always in the best movies. RIP.

[@leszekwolkowski9856]

REAL fans of this movie 'watch' it with their eyes closed.

[@diablorojo3887]

Thanks for the tip, I gonna try this now

[@musgrovebarry]

@@diablorojo3887 I just watch with just sound on in bed, lights out.

[@gabrieltorres2882]

I've had VHS and DVD and digital copies of this film!

[@Wallyworld30]

This is one of my favorite movies as a kid and made me a Rutger Hauer fan for life. At the time I didn't know this was just an Americanized version of the franchise Zatoichii. As an adult I rented every Zatoichii movie I could from Netflix DVD rental they had a ton of them. Also they made a reboot of Zatoichii around the same time which I thought was fantastic.

[@mackdebruin999]

"Best movie you never saw", don't even, I've seen this movie like a thousand times.

[@davidnesbit887]

"Good doggy" Seriously I love this film. It just works, yeah it has some 80's cheese but as cheese goes it's really tasty.

[@tontoschwartz6916]

dang excellent. this was one of my favorite movies when I discovered it long ago, and it is still in my yearly play rotation. Hauer and I share the same birthday date, though he was born 5 years before me. Always loved his work. Thanks for posting this

[@wpgme85]

This is the greatest movie ever made. It’s greatness bends space and time. From it flows the entirety of the 80’s. It just keeps getting more and more amazing. You’ll never see anything comparable for the rest of your life.

[@umachan9286]

It's such a shame that Rutger Hauer never really received the recognition he deserved as an actor. Sure most audiences know him best as the evil replicant from Blade Runner. But he's done so much more and deserves more than he's gotten.

[@deadpan80]

Hauer is great in Nighthawks 1981 too. So much so that star Sylvester Stallone rumored to have his performance cut down in editing as not to upstage him

[@Ultimatewario89]

"The best movie you never saw" I see what you did there.

[@danhester4408]

Remember the poster at the video store back in the day but never saw it. Need to check it out!

[@jeffpotts6187]

There were a whole string of Rutger Hauer movies that came out during this time that were all excellent: Blood of Heroes, Blind Fury, Hitcher, Wanted Dead or Alive, Ladyhawke, and Split Second.

[@sidguernsey1393]

Blood of Heroes was a great movie, thats a real underated classic.

[@Psiberzerker]

I had this on VHS. A big fan of Rutger Haur since Blade Runner, I had The Osterman Weekend, too.

[@tbekoam]

"I also do circumcision."

[@tuRbo-_-crOw_GTA]

It was played regularly on "the movie channel" back in early cable days. One of our favs.

[@ferretchief]

I watched this movie loads as a kid. Loved it.

[@firstjayjay]

Such an underrated movie and so is Rutger. love him and his persona

[@philipsmi-lenguyen8155]

I loved blind fury as a kid.still do.classic

[@ozmantn5774]

Got it at wal-mart in the $5 bin. Was happy as hell since I hadn't seen it in like 15 years.

[@PurpleMontez]

Loved Hauer in Ladyhawke. Blind Fury was awesome for the fight scenes!

[@Craxin01]

I saw this movie one time on TV. Been a while, but it was pretty good. One scene I remember vividly to this day was him slicing a wasp in half.

[@christianwitte81]

Wow. Someone made a Blind Fury reference at the bar the other day. I complimented them on the obscure movie reference. Watched it a lot as a kid. Its been years. The blu ray quality on your video looks great on my tv. Im impressed. I like all those movies in that collection.

[@baboom007]

RIP Rutger. Awesome actor

[@mdturnerinoz]

Love this movie; have a DVD copy. Also loved RH in "Nighthawks", "Ladyhawke", and "The Hitcher". I was bummed too when he passed He was also very into ocean conservation with the likes of Sea Sheppard. Cool dude ...

[@wh3nderson95]

Blind Fury is currently a free movie on KZbin movies. I think what adds to the humor of the movie are the henchmen in the film. Each of them do not appear like action movie tough guys, but do have humorous facial reactions and slight heart on their sleeve overreaction when interacting with the protagonist.

[@Madeintheshade65]

Rutger Hauer was at his best playing the villains loved him in every movie he was a part of

[@ronelitzur856]

became a fav of mine when it came out along with hitcher

[@AceBoombap]

Man i loved this movie as a kid, i watched our VHS at least a 100 times

[@mjtwardy]

Oh man, I thought everybody seen this? This is one of my 80's favorite one. Rutger Hauer and an American approach on the classic Zatoichi story. What do you want more?

[@pHD77]

That feeling you got in the 80s about movies. Most movies today feel kinda... meh! Alita was probably the last time I actually felt I was watching something worthwhile. I'm still hoping we'll get that (those?) sequel(s).

[@johnmunro4952]

Flesh and blood, blind fury,the Hitcher and salute of the Jugger are my favorite Rutger movies.

[@AB-xd8hm]

Split Second is also his classic. Also, the Mad Max-like Salute of the Jagger. So underrated. There's also Deadlocked with explosive collars for prisoners. Man, his whole f-ing career is underrated.

[@mikeokeeffe4692]

1:16 "Step by Step, *step by step* day by day *by dayyyyyyyy* " )))) clip was pure wierd gold. Bravo. PS never saw this movie but will now. He was a great actor in everything I saw him in. Spelling?? But Rutger Hauer, God bless and cant wait to watch you in your heyday again ) cheers joe

[@lestermount3287]

saw this and liked it, never understood why Hauer wasn't considered a major star with the movies he made.

[@Justlookin48]

This was actually the second movie I watched starring Hauer, the first being Ladyhawk.

[@LucyLioness100]

“Ladyhawke” is my mom’s favorite Rutger film. Dad’s is “Blade Runner” but “Ladyhawke” is right alongside it

[@deborahhanna9126]

"Bruce Lee is dead!" "Then get me his brother!"

[@jamesmorgan3212]

I loved this movie as a kid . I always loved his movies . I was sad when he passed . “Wedlocked” “Beyond Justice” and “Omega Doom” where some of my favorites.

[@Samtagri]

I did watch it. I even remember the line “that butter knife can’t stop a gun”.

[@Samtagri]

Can’t stop I bullet. I think he says bullet, not gun.

[@Nemoticon]

I remember hiring this out from my rental store back when VHS was still as thing. It's been literally decades since I've seen it, I think it deserves a revisit xD

[@warishussain82]

I remember watching this!!!! I totally forgot the name of the movie, anyone who hasn't seen it watch it!!!!! R.I.P Mr H. Very underrated actor

[@richard_n]

Definitely a hugely underrated movie.

[@kevacho42]

I also love Rutger Hauer in a little known movie entitled, "The Blood of Heroes".

[@deborahhanna9126]

It was great too!

[@MichaelCConstant]

This was, and still is, one of my favorite movies from my child hood.

[@shoesncheese]

When Blind Justice was released on HBO, I couldn't help but remember Blind Fury. Then came Book of Eli and Netflix's Daredevil. Any others you can remember?

[@r13hd22]

Yeah, the series this movie was taken from...Zatoichi. Over 17 films and a TV show..many of the movies are epic, you can find clips of some of the fights here on KZbin.

[@JnEricsonx]

@@r13hd22 Even more awesome, the lead actor, Shintaro Katsu, was related to freaking Tomisaburo Wakayama, aka Ogami Itto in Lone Wolf and Cub. Only way that would have been crazier is if Toshiro Mifune had turned out to be a distant cousin or something.

[@jessejennings3828]

The blind nigha samurai from Boondocks

[@doublep1980]

This movie is basically the american adaptation of the japanese Zatoichi franchise.And a pretty good one to boot.

[@frank2217]

Thanks for the video about this movie. I never knew what it was about. I'm not sure why I didn't try to find out more about this movie. Now I found out that Rutger Hauer died last year. I guess that I am not aware of things going on in the world.

[@TodaysDante]

I remember watching The Hitcher and thinking how deep and demented it was. It got bad reviews but the critics just didn't get it.

[@LadyCathryn]

A great actor who portrayed a blind man mostly without sunglasses. Audrey Hepburn did the same in Wait Until Dark. I love this movie

[@CaptRich-bi3gp]

Loved this film, and always thought Rutger didn't get the recognition he deserved. White Line Fever, hadn't thought of that one in a minute.

[@readhistory2023]

I saw it when it came out. I was a Rutger fan after his appearance in Blade Runner and he'd already been in some pretty good popcorn movies. If you really want to see him ham it up watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the movie.

[@karlkuttup]

a very good remake of a classic film and great actor rutger haur was a good actor under rated actor

[@bennygerow]

One of the many great movies my dad took me to see as a kid.

[@Thaulopi]

And again, I watched it as I have all your "the best film you have never watched" °° Yes, I am old and death is nigh

[@SinisterSally]

man, i would have love to see a sequel I use to rent this all the time as a kid.

[@Fezzy976]

I used to watch this movie all the time when it came on TV in the UK. It was always on late at night on channel 5 and me and my mom would stay up and watch it. It is a classic!

[@hylianbatman3153]

Thank you for reminding me of this movie. Love it

[@Ronno4691]

Thank you! This is a wonderful, clear-eyed appraisal of a fantastic film. A friend of mine described it as a 'Steven Seagal type movie from an alternate universe' where corny action films have A-list actors playing the leads. Humour, realism, violence (curiously bloodless!) and pathos all expertly portrayed from a great script with great direction! Oddly, most people laugh this movie off without watching it despite them being Bladerunner fans. Rutger Hauer deserved an Oscar for his role here as Nick Parker and in Bladerunner but everyone was great in it. The sinister and/or idiotic villains make a great counterpart to Hauer's calm, collected stock action movie responses. This is the best commentary on why Blind Fury works so well I've ever read.

[@Laurencetw]

Hauer was also in a (made for tv) movie based on the true story about an armed revolt and mass escape attempt by every inmate of a nazi concentration camp. Starred Alan Arkin too. Forget the name of the movie, but it was really good, and Hauer played his role fantastically well.

[@jimdigriz2923]

I remember the tagline for this in the UK - Quick as a snake, Strong as a Ox...Blind as a Bat. Great film with a great supporting cast, and the 'I also do circumcisions' line never gets old. Edit - Have you seen 'Midnight Sting' or 'Diggstown' (another name it went by) 1992 movie with James Woods, Lou Gossett Jr and Bruce Dern it's a (IMO) highly enjoyable Boxing/con movie? If not, it's worth checking out.

[@JnEricsonx]

Love this movie. I really wish I could have met Rutger Hauer, he was going to be at a convention in my area about 10 odd years back but had to cancel. Everyone praises Blade Runner, etc, but for me, this movie and Split Second.

[@ShanGamer1981]

Rutger hauer at his best, i also liked omega doom and surviving the game

[@jessliaudin1004]

Get me Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee is dead. Then get his brother.

[@thedragonlee76]

Fun fact...Actually,alot of people don't know,but Bruce Lee had brothers and sisters.One of his brothers,Robert Lee speaks about Bruce and is control of some part of his estate.But Bruce Lee's daughter is mostly in charge of his estate.

[@PaiviProject]

I was a big Rutger Hauer fan. First movie I saw was the hitcher and I thought the blind fury was very great too. Boy he was handsome ! I'm sad he's gone. Thanks

[@desertrose1226]

Handsome he certainly was. What a guy. No actor comes close to him tbh.

[@sidoney101]

Yep I'm also a fan of Hauer's films. I'd also recommend Soldier of Orange.

[@ClaudioCarneiroclown]

One of my favorite movies! Thanks for the memorie! Amazing actor and great movie!!!

[@gimmeaslab55672]

"I have seen things that you people wouldn't believe" R.I.P. The Great Roy Batty.

[@MatthiasPowerbomb]

I loved Blind Fury when I was a kid. I haven't seen it in many years but I have to imagine it would still hold up. It would've been cool for Hauer to have played Stick in Netflix's Daredevil. Not that Scott Glenn didn't do a great job, it just would've been a clever nod to fans of Blind Fury, which might have actually been a meta reference because I wonder if Stick was originally inspired by Zatoichi, upon which Blind Fury is based. Also, The Hitcher was amazing. I remember being mesmerized by how scary Hauer was.

[@scaccu]

in italy in the 80s and 90s it was aired two times a year, i don't even remember how may times i've seen it. "Popcoooorn, Popcoooooorn!"

[@AFMountaineer2000]

I have seen this movie Rutger Hauer is awesome

[@gazzaroony]

I did see it , along with all the No retreat, no surrender movies around that time, awesome.

[@vf1skull1]

Split Second deserves an honorable mention

[@Joetorres3]

There’s a great independent movie called Late Phases about a blind veteran who goes against werewolves I always remember when watching this movie. Also very underrated

[@jasoncanby2525]

That's a good movie

[@satanofficial3902]

The Hitcher definitely reinforces your mother's advice to "Never, never pick up hitchhikers!"

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Great movie. Good acting by the late Rutger Hauer.

[@Grim_Beard]

Rutger Hauer top 5 films: Blind Fury, Wanted Dead or Alive, Salute of the Jugger, The Hitcher, and, of course, Blade Runner. Honourable mentions to Flesh and Blood, Sin City, and being far and away the best thing in both Nighthawks and the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fuck it, throw in Batman Begins and make it a top ten.

[@scottrhodes8160]

Thanks for the turn on to this movie-seen it advertised when it came out and never got to watch it-now I will.

[@maximusthecannabist5170]

One of the best lines I the movie is when the main bad guy says I dint know hire bruce lee 😂 great movie

[@VoorDeFilm]

Brandon Call, of course is also Hobie Buchannon from the first season of Baywatch!

[@captassassin5680]

I remember when “Interview With A Vampire” was published people were saying Hauer should play Lestat, and Gabriel Burns play Louis. Insane, I know but it was the 80’s. There was a lot of cocaine being thrown around back then.

[@desertrose1226]

I think he'd have been well better than tiny Tom

[@Tsum1923]

My Father owned this movie and the first time I remember seeing it (probably not the first) I was 4 or so in 1994 - early 1995

[@danielbear3802]

I loved this movie as a kid. I think it is a massive underrated film.

[@markkumanninen6524]

I rented it back in the day. Watched it twice the same night, and once more the next day. I think it's simply a perfect little gem. What makes it so good, is the right amount of humor. Take heed, John Wick!

[@1cenobite]

For anyone who hasn't seen it Check out "DEAD LOCK" It could be set in the same universe as "the running man "

[@alfaDude156]

Wedlock?

[@1cenobite]

Deadlock, but wasnt aware that the movie had been retitled Wedlock .

[@alfaDude156]

Might be different titles in different countries. We've had some hilariously bad translations of movie titles here in Sweden.

[@1cenobite]

Speaking of movies , I went to a movie theater in Arlanda that sold bacon as a snack the same as popcorn,candy etc .. or it that common throughout Sweden ?

[@alfaDude156]

@@1cenobite Bacon or candy bacon, more or less sugar and egg white.

[@jakersak2]

I still have it on DVD. How dare you sir.

[@willowfrog33]

I was 16 when this movie came out ....it was amazing wow I haven't even though about it in years ....great movie

[@RobinsTaste]

Incredible film! I was so happy last year once I got it on blu-ray. As you say in the review...one of the best of the 80's. For real

[@jessesantiago8473]

My 11 year old just seen it with me and really loved it. I was worried it wouldn't hold up but it did and blew away allot of the current movies martial arts movies

[@Csumbi]

i remember this movie, i think its time for a rewatch :)

[@Rendezman562]

yes, prob my fave HAUER film next to the HITCHER

[@captassassin5680]

Great video! Growing up I always thought Hauer was unique and underrated action star.

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

I own this movie. I LOVED this as a kid when I first saw it! Still do! Very quotable!

[@paspax]

Blind Fury was one of my mum's favourite films. She had a thing for blonde, blue eyed men.

[@desertrose1226]

I thought I had a thing for blond blue eye men as well but it turns out that it's only a thing for Rutger Hauer, or men that look like him, not just any blond lol

[@420Ruger]

I remember this moving always playing at my local VHS rental

[@Dis-Emboweled]

The elevator power outage line has been quoted by me for years. This was a fantastic movie!!

[@jhosioja]

I watched this movie like 20 times as a kid, but at the time I didn't really know to appreciate the Hauer never makes eye contact and I never noticed his eyes tracking a point of interest in a scene. I gotta imagine that's really difficult, especially for the grand sword fight at the end. With most actors they need to cop out with sunglasses or some other way to hide the eyes.

[@biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210]

This movie actually shows what you can do through practice. It's not just a Hollywood movie. I started practicing several things in this movie after I saw it. I became pretty good, and I've helped friends here and there, as well as other people. There are a lot of movies, if you don't have the money, that can help teach you how to do a lot. Be intelligent enough to figure it out. Blind Fury remains one of my all time favorites, as well as all Bruce Lee moves. No R.I.P. Rutger Hauer. We all continue on after we let go from the body.

[@andybrown4284]

Always felt that Donnie Yen's character in Rogue One was in part inspired by Hauers role in this movie and the Zatoichii ones