Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

alexanderdavies-99382 I rate "Lone Wolf McQuade" as being one of the best vehicles for Chuck Norris. An ideal villain was found in the form of David "Grasshopper" Carradine and the two of them raise the film a good deal. I liked the scene when Carradine gives a martial arts demonstration inside the ring, in front of the general public. He showboats for all it's worth but Mr. Norris doesn't look all that impressed.......... There is plenty of incident to keep one watching but the ending was unnecessarily downbeat.

dworldeater Lone Wolf McQuade is by far, in my opinion the best Chuck Norris film and a huge personal favorite. Even though Lone Wolf McQuade got a PG rating, this movie was made for the enjoyment of men(heterosexual ones)and by these standards Lone Wolf McQuade is excellent macho entertainment. Lone Wolf McQuade is a western, dressed up as an 80's action movie and brings out the best of both genres. The Norris is in top form as JJ McQuade, an elite Texas Ranger and one man army where the bad guys stand no chance against him. He must face off against ruthless arms dealer Rawley Wilkes. David Carradine is great as baddie Wilkes and beautiful Barbara Carrera is great in her role as hottie in the love triangle between our hero and villain. Robert Beltran from Star Trek gives a memorable early appearance as McQuade's partner/sidekick. To give the film some serious western cred, western legends LQ Jones and RG Armstrong appear as well. Lone Wolf McQuade is the ultimate mans movie where our hero beats up, blows up and shoots up the bad guys. He also is manliness personified with his remarkable martial arts skills, gnarly beard, mud covered truck and a barrage of chest hair. When McQuade isn't rolling around in the mud or reducing the crime rate along the Texas/Mexico border, he consumes massive amounts of beer. There also is a scene where his drinking habit saves his life. It also appears to be the source of our hero's power, he don't take vitamins, he drinks beer. Lone Wolf McQuade is a classic and when I saw this as a kid, I learned how to become a man. However, I know no martial arts and am not quite as hairy as The Norris. Great film.

kargaan I can't comprehend how underrated LWM is. First I have to say that the opening seen is a heck of a way to open an action movie. At the opening scene J.J. McQuade seems invincible. He just stands there as bullets whiz past him not looking worried at all. This scene has to go down in the action books for one of the best openings to an action movie. The next part of the movie shows J.J. McQuade as a tough but fragile Ranger because he has his family and friends, whom he deeply cares about, to look out for. There's nothing much to the villain in LWM. He's played by David Carradine and only there when necessary but it doesn't take anything away from the experience. It focuses more on McQuade than the villain. McQuade is a slob and a beer guzzler but extremely good at what he does. A crack shot and an expert at martial arts despite his unhealthy lifestyle. The villain eventually pushes McQuade to his limit and McQuade must hunt down Carradine to save his daughter with the help of a few friends. The music in LWM sounds like something you would hear out of a spaghetti western which really sets the western mood for the movie. The Final fight scene is an epic mono e mono showdown between Chuck Norris and David Carradine. What an awesome way to end a movie! A great great edition to the Norris collection and I would recommend it to any fan of action movies period.

Paul Andrews Lone Wolf McQuade is set in Texas where renegade Ranger J.J. McQuade (Chuck Norris) lives & works by his own rules, McQuade has a problem with authority & his rough tactics means McQuade is unpopular with the media. His captain dumps rookie cop Kayo (Robert Beltram) on McQuade as a partner which McQuade is less than happy about. While with her boyfriend McQuade's daughter Sally (Dana Kimmell) witnesses the hijacking of an army convoy carrying a huge cache of weapons & ammunition, her boyfriend is murdered & Sally is left for dead & McQuade is now angry. The FED's are called in but McQuade decides to take the law into his own hands to protect the state of Texas & his own family as the weapons & ammunition are to be sold off to every terrorist & criminal organisation going...Produced & directed by Steve Carver this is a pretty bad early 80's action film, I am quite surprised by the amount of love for Lone Wolf McQuade although I suspect that a fair amount of it I detect a certain level of sarcasm involved. First of all at nearly 110 minutes long this is very slow going & is quite frankly dull, the build-up is slow & the whole film feels padded with lots of little bits which are unnecessary. The character's are all standard action clichés from the tough no-nonsense play by his own rules cop, he has a mismatched rookie partner forced upon him, his daughter & wife are there for the bad guy's to threaten & to turn things personal, there's a love interest, a craggy police captain who dislikes the hero, a bad guy who stands around & acts menacing but never actually does anything else & the typical army of bad guy's who can't shoot straight. The film plods along, we never find out anything about the bad guy's other then they want to sell weapons, McQuade himself has no real personality & isn't that likable, he never seems to do any sort of work apart from drive around in his truck & practice firing guns. There are lots of random moments here, the bad guy burying McQuade in his truck while still alive, why not just kill him? The bad guy's killing Sally's boyfriend but leaving her alive, again why? The way the bad guy's kill McQuade's mate but leave his partner alive, why? Why stage a daring rescue in broad daylight? A fairly tiresome, predictable & routine feeling mid range budget 80's action film that I thought was pretty poor & only saved by one or two half decent action scenes & some unintentionally funny randomness.The fights are alright, there's nothing amazing here but it's competent & watchable. There's not much else here apart from a brief scene as McQuade is dragged behind a truck & a couple of explosions. In fact it's a rather bland & forgettable film all round with far too many bland shoot-outs where the bad guy's can't shoot straight & just wait to be shot themselves & I am genuinely surprised that anyone would rate this. Originally rated 'R' in the states it was given a 'PG' on appeal & while there's a few swear words the action is bloodless & feels like the sort of stuff you would see in an A-Team episode. There's a lot of scenic views of the Texan desert which gives it an almost classic Western feel with open plain vistas & the like. The producers of Lone Wolf McQuade sued CBS after they made Walker, Texas Ranger (1993 - 2001) with Chuck Norris for copyright infringement, Orion Pictures eventually issued CBS with a retro active license.With a reasonable budget of about $5,000,000 this had some money spent on it & it's well made but it's just not very good, shot in El Paso in Texas. Headliners Chuck Norris & David Carradine do OK but are given little material to work with & Carradine is basically wasted while Norris has no on-screen presence. Ex-model Barbara Carrera plays the love interest & isn't very good.Lone Wolf McQuade is a poor 80's action film, having heard lots of positive things said about it I expected a half decent action film at least but it's a pretty dull, slow moving plot less advert for the Texan desert. Nowhere near the film many make out & nowhere near Norris's best.