Breaker, Breaker

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Summary: Decent Action Flick, not a bad start for Chuck Norris
Review: Chuck Norris made his starring Debut in this slightly hokey action film about a trucker who's brother gets caught in a one horse speedtrap of a town called Texas City. The DVD was mastered well with both wide and full screen versions. My only complaint is a lack of a trailer and the misprint of the time on my copy of the disk. How they lost 20 minutes of movie on the case is a mystery to me, as the movie really is 85 minutes, not 65.

Rating:
Summary: Decent Action Flick, not a bad start for Chuck Norris
Review: Chuck Norris made his starring Debut in this slightly hokey action film about a trucker who's brother gets caught in a one horse speedtrap of a town called Texas City. The DVD was mastered well with both wide and full screen versions. My only complaint is a lack of a trailer and the misprint of the time on my copy of the disk. How they lost 20 minutes of movie on the case is a mystery to me, as the movie really is 85 minutes, not 65.

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Summary: This is the movie that started it all!
Review: For all Chuck fans this one is a must. Its got all you'd expect from a Chuck film....loose plot, bad acting, continuity problems, and shaky premises. But aside from all that its hillarious from its lewd intro song to the earth shattering dialogs, "Drink Trucker?", thoughout the film. If you want to have some fun this one is a must see!

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Summary: chuck norris is old
Review: How the hell did Chuck Norris become a star I mean the guys like 50 and he's so slow. I can't stand guys like him Steven Segal and Van Damme.

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Summary: chuck norris is old
Review: How the hell did Chuck Norris become a star I mean the guys like 50 and he's so slow. I can't stand guys like him Steven Segal and Van Damme.

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Summary: Another Rural Morality Play
Review: This film recalls the Westerns of yesteryear. A small town is controlled by a crooked mayor and his corrupt sheriff. Instead of cattle, they are producing an illegal substance, moonshine liquor. But the people in this small town are all in this racket! That is a twist over the classic Westerns, like 'Shane'.

The story starts with a speed trap that catches a truck driver, who protests this rigged justice. This driver then disappears. His older brother shows up to search for him, and runs into trouble. There are plenty of fights, car chases, and action. Chuck Norris outfights dozens of opponents, a preview of his later TV series. If the film is slow moving, that is to benefit a drive-in audience. A sprinkling of characters provides added dimensions to an otherwise simple film. Typically of this genre, the hero is captured and sentenced to death; his fate seems sealed. But a woman on a motorcycle (or her double) finds an abandoned Highway Patrol car (!), and calls for help on the radio. Passing truckers form a convoy to ride to the rescue, like the Cavalry in old Westerns [a distortion of history]. And so the good guys win in the end. Its not a great movie, but its not a bad movie. A larger budget could have improved it. The actor playing the crooked mayor was outstanding.


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Summary: Semi-Trucks, CB Radios, Frozen TV Dinners and Chuck Norris!!
Review: This short movie (65 minutes) features Chuck Norris as a truck drivin' guy who just happens to be an expert in karate. Chuck is J.D. Dawes, a good name for a trucker if there ever was one, and he comes home to find his kid brother riding dirt bikes (motorcycles for the layman). Well, before you know it, little brother is off on a haul, alone of course, gonna pick up some frozen TV dinners for delivery.

Meanwhile a group of ne'er-do-wells, led by corrupt judge Trimmings (George Murdock, actually pretty good) have founded Texas City, California. Among Texas City's many civic industries are crooked cops, a corrupt judicial system, kidnapping, moonshine and selling pilfered automobiles for scrap metal. At the town meetings, they give reports on all the fine progress their new little town is making. All is well until they kidnap Chuck Norris' little brother using false charges. I reckon they're gonna get their tails whipped.

(Apparently the residents of Texas City had never seen a Chuck Norris film - too bad for them, eh? They messed with the wrong guy).

The acting runs from decent to horrible, depending upon where you are in the film. The cinematography is OK, especially for a low-budget film like this one. In one scene, Chuck pulls up in the semi-truck with the set lights brightly reflecting off the grill/front of the truck. As he moves out of frame, you can actually see them dim the lights in the fading on the truck. Then, there's a bit of high school acting from a "concerned" lady who speaks with Chuck. Aye carumba.

John Di Fusco as Arney does a decent job as the slow-witted, Gomer-Pyle-lookin' brother of the owner of the auto repair station in Texas City. He becomes a pivotal character because of his good heart. Miranda Garrison is pretty good as the barmaid-floozy, with whom the judge hangs out when he's not stealing other people's money. She's kinda got a nutty thing going on with her doll collection though. Unfortunately, some of the other extras must have taken some acting lessons from the dolls. Oh and there's a couple of guys who shoot at approaching cars just to keep 'em out. Real nice town, that Texas City, eh?.

Like all good stories, what goes around comes around. The calvary is a little bit different this time, but effective nonetheless. If you're a Chuck Norris fan, you'll probably find enough about this film to like and it's PG-13 for language. Other decent Chuck Norris films are "Good Guys Wear Black" and "The Hero and the Terror" and "Code of Silence" is pretty good, though being about Chicago mobsters makes it pretty rough in some spots.

And it must be said, the CB radio craze was in full swing. Actually it's not overdone in this film which is a bit surprising. The art direction for "Breaker, Breaker" was done by Thomas Thomas (who also designed the van Chuck drives with a huge eagle on it). I just wondered if he was the guy who came up with the name for the movie.

Well, y'all have yourself an outstanding day, keep the greasy side down, watch out for them four-wheelers and Smokey Bear. We gone, bye-bye!

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Summary: Truckin Action
Review: Very good movie lots of truckin action and other stuff like that also lots of talk on CBs. Chuck Norris does a good job as a trucker and others do to.