Firewalker

11/21/19861h 44m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A pair of down-and-out fortune hunters cash in on high adventure! ~

Overview:

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$8,000,000.00

Revenue:

$11,949,484.00

Key words:

gold
treasure
martial arts
temple
secret passage
voodoo
wretch
treasure hunt
human sacrifice
jungle
soldier
drinking
central america
disguise
catfight
pretty woman
mexica (aztec)
buddy comedy
adventurer
bar fight
lost in the desert
woman in peril

Cast

Chuck Norris

~ as ~

Max Donigan

Louis Gossett Jr.

~ as ~

Leo Porter

Melody Anderson

~ as ~

Patricia Goodwin

Will Sampson

~ as ~

Tall Eagle

Sonny Landham

~ as ~

El Coyote

John Rhys-Davies

~ as ~

Corky Taylor

Ian Abercrombie

~ as ~

Boggs

Richard Lee-Sung

~ as ~

Chinese Man / The General

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

~ as ~

Indian Girl

Álvaro Carcaño

~ as ~

Willie

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 8 year(s) ago
7
Max, Leo and Fruitcake.

One of the many treasure seeking action adventure films that surfaced after Raiders of the Lost Ark reignited the flames in 81, Firewalker has a somewhat iffy reputation. Yet it's a glorious cheese sandwich of a movie, a ball of laughs and high energy jinks, a pic where Chuck Norris, Louis Gosset Jr. and Melody Anderson are having fun and not taking it as seriously as some film punters have.

Standard rules apply here, two adventure seeking guys, very buddy buddy and playing off of each other with sarcasm and respect in equal measure, hook up with a sexy gal who has a treasure map - oh and she has a gift involving visions type of thing. Cue lots of scrapes, arguing, bit of romance, more peril, over the top bad guy (Sonny Landham) and a friend in need (an over the top John Rhys- Davies).

In this one we get to see some of Norris' martial arts skills, especially during an action packed bar-room brawl, while the intentional comedy hits the required part of the funny bone (a swimming sequence and the use of religious disguises are particularly fun packed). If you be so inclined then you can easily find problems and weaknesses in the production and technical aspects, but roll with it in the name of mindless entertainment and you can have a blast. I know I did. 7/10