I'm way more familiar with Chuck Norris' 70s and 80s output and I always figured the 90s was a good time to tap out of his action flicks. This one wasn't terrible though even if it is about as simplistic as they come. They do manage to throw quite a bit of blood into a few scenes(mostly the one where Norris himself almost gets offed!) which I was a bit surprised by. The story itself deals with Norris being double-crossed and left for dead and then returning undercover as a Mafia hitman. It's kind of cool to see Norris at least being a pretend bad guy in a few scenes and makes me think of how refreshing it would have been if he went all the way and played a villainous role. Sadly I don't believe that ever happened outside of his appearance in RETURN OF THE DRAGON and his great fight with Bruce Lee but I'll keep on fantasizing. You get the typical good guy Norris here though including Chuck beating up a racist, befriending a black kid and blowing up the bad guys into little bitty pieces. Not terrible for something made in the 90s.
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