History Film / BlindFury

* BulletProofVest: After getting slashed across the chest and left for dead, the recurring villain wakes up from his stupor and opens up his shirt to show to the audience that he was wearing one.

[[quoteright:277:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blind_fury.jpg]]

[[quoteright:293:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BlindFuryposter3_6132.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:251:He may be blind, but he don't need no dog!]]

* BringingInTheExpert: Near the end of the film, [=MacCready=] decides to hire a master swordsman of his own to counter Nick after his Mooks failed repeatedly.

* BringingInTheExpert: Near the end of the film, MacReady decides to hire a master swordsman of his own to counter Nick after his Mooks failed repeatedly.

-->'''MacReady:''' If you can't handle it, get me somebody who can! Get me Bruce Lee!

-->'''MacReady:''' Then get his brother!

* AbsurdlySharpBlade : Nick manages to both cut through things that would in reality survive the stroke, but also make precision cuts far too delicate to be possible - such as removing someone's eyebrows without doing any damage to the skin underneath.

* DirtyCop: When Slag comes for Mrs. Devereaux and Billy, two crooked cops assist him, so the kidnapp can be staged as if Billy was eye-witness of some unspecified crime. When [[spoiler: Mrs. Devereaux is shot by Slag]], one of cops mentions that it wasn't part of their deal.

* ShoutOut: The whole film is one big shout out toward old Franchise/{{Zatoichi}} films, of whom producer Tim Matheson is big fan. Many details are practically ripped - SwordCane, facade of being harmless or using sharpened hearing to win in casino (or find out when the house is cheating)

* DyeingForYourArt: Rutger Hauer spent a month with Lynn Manning, blind judo champion, to be more convincing as Nick.

* StillbornFranchise: The sequel was planned, but never actually became anything more than just a plan.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade : Nick manages to both cut through things that would in reality survive the stroke, but also make precision cuts far to delicate to be possible - such as removing someone's eyebrows without doing any damage to the skin underneath.

* DyeingForYourArt: Rutger Hauer spent month with Lynn Manning, blind judo champion, to be more convincing as Nick.

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Wife and Son]]: The villain attempts to do this to Nick's friend, but Nick just happened to show up at their house a few minutes before them.

* LostInTheMaize: When Billy learns that [[spoiler: his mom was killed]], he runs away from Nick into the corn field. The {{Mooks}}, who were following them, take this as opportunity to kidnapp the boy.

* PaperThinDisguise: Nick is able to pass two guards just by wearing the white jacket of a waiter. By the time the guards realise something is off, it's too late.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Literal example. Frank is showed testing his new drug on lab rats. What happend to them, when he torches the lab?
** Last time we see [=MacCready=], he is struggling with Frank over the shotgun and next scene is at a bus station. We don't know how the struggle ended or if [=MacCready=] was sent to the authorities.
*** The customer in the drug deal, who walked away seconds before Nick storms into the room where the deal was held.

* ShoutOut: The whole film is one big shout out toward old {{Zatoichi}} films, of whom producer Tim Matheson is big fan. Many details are practically ripped - SwordCane, facade of being harmless or using sharpened hearing to win in casino (or find out when the house is cheating)

''Blind Fury'' is a 1989 action film written by Charles Robert Carner (of ''Gymkata'' fame) and directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized version of ''Zatoichi Challenged'', the 17th film in the Japanese ''Zatoichi'' film series. The film stars Creator/RutgerHauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends Billy, the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father, who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate.

'''''Blind Fury''''' is a 1989 action film written by Charles Robert Carner (of ''Gymkata'' fame) and directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized version of ''Zatoichi Challenged'', the 17th film in the Japanese ''Zatoichi'' film series. The film stars RutgerHauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends Billy, the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father, who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate.

* NeverTrustATitle: Blind? Sure. Fury? Not really. [[RuleOfCool But ''Blind Swordsman'' isn't cool enough...]]
** The "fury" is probably caused by the death of Meg Foster (Nicks former wife in The Osterman Weekend)

* BrattyHalfPint: Billy's behaviour sometimes even borders TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior, with flapping the bird, attempting to steal from his caretaker and general rudeness toward elders. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better later on]].

* BlindWithoutEm: Annie. When she gets her glasses crashed, [[BlindDriving Nick is forced to drive]], because she can't even see her outstretched hands.

* DisabilityImmunity: When lights are off, Nick use this against the {{Mooks}}. Sure, both him and them are blind, but he was blind for past 20 years, developing other senses, while they just stumble around in the darkness.

'''''Blind Fury''''' is a 1989 action film written by Charles Robert Carner (of ''Gymkata'' fame) and directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized version of ''Zatoichi Challenged'', the 17th film in the Japanese ''Zatoichi'' film series. The film stars RutgerHauer as Nick Parker, 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, who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate.

* SwordCane : Nick, being blind, uses his sword-cane to feel his way around in normal circumstances.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade
* BlindDriving

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Wife and Son]]

* SwordCane