Chuck Norris plays cop Danny O'Brien, who finds that a one time serial killing enemy of his has apparently come back from the dead and started killing again.It's all very cheesy and in truth it's a low grade Norris vehicle. Norris is going through the motions, even portraying a character more softer at heart than what he usually played in the decade. The villain played by Jack O'Halloran is something of a lumbering oak and not very threatening, and once again Norris fans are short changed as per quotient of martial artistry. The big face off at the finale is at least well constructed, thus saving the pic from total stinker status. 4/10

Based on Michael Blodgett's 1982 novel of the same name, it follows Danny O'Brien(Chuck Norris), a cop, trying to stop a serial killer, Simon Moon nicknamed "The Terror". Danny O'Brien is a cop who likes to work alone that never waits for his back up. In L.A. he is trying to apprehend the notorious Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), also known as The Terror. Simon has been killing women by snapping their necks and taking them to his lair in an abandoned movie theater. O'Brien is attacked by Simon who almost kills him in the struggle. When the killer flees the scene and climbs up a ladder he slips and falls, knocking himself unconscious. When the backup arrives they think O'Brien caught The Terror and the people of L.A. call him "Hero". Simon is then arrested and taken to jail.When Dr. Highwater (Billy Drago) goes to visit Simon he escapes by cutting through the bars of his cell. He then steals a laundry van by push starting it but loses control and falls straight down into a cliff face. When the media hears about this they pronounce Simon dead and the people of L.A. are relieved.Three years later the murders start back up again and O'Brien thinks it's The Terror has returned to his old hunting grounds...Excellent acting, script, direction, photography, background effects and music. Directed by the acclaimed William Tannen, who has won five Clios, (the industry's highest honor) for clients such as Diet Coke, Ford, Air France, McDonald's, and Pepsi Cola. Tannen has directed films like the political thriller Flashpoint for Tri-Star Pictures, and co-directed Deadly Illusion starring Billy Dee Williams for RCA/Columbia and CineTel Films. Tannen then wrote his first produced screenplay, Cover Up for Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett. Capital Films of London produced the film. He then directed Michael Madsen in the film noir thriller Inside Edge in Mexico, produced by Life Entertainment.Verdict: I'd definitely buy this cult status film for my collection.More Chuck Norris films to see: Missing in Action 1984(followed by 2 back-to-back sequels), Invasion U.S.A. 1985(sequel is Avenging Force, a 1986 film directed by Sam Firstenberg, which replaces Norris with Michael Dudikoff in the role of Max Hunter), The Delta Force 1986, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection 1990, The Hit-man 1991.Thank you for reading my review. May you live long and prosper.

Cop Danny O'Brien (Chuck Norris) starts having nightmares about his heroic arrest of serial killer Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran) from three years prior. This is bad news because it is messing up his relationship with his pregnant psychiatrist girlfriend Kay (Brynn Thayer). Oh, and it also sucks because Moon has escaped from prison and started killing again while hiding out inside a recently remodeled movie theater in downtown Los Angeles. Norris only did a few films in his career that fell under the horror category (this, SILENT RAGE, HELLBOUND); if SILENT RAGE was his take on FRANKENSTEIN, then HERO AND THE TERROR is Chuck's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Of course, I'm a sucker for any horror movie set in a theater, so I still enjoyed this on a revisit even if it isn't very good. Moon has all the personality of Andrew from HELL NIGHT (1981) and the same "heavy on the corpses and candles" home design sensibilities as Jason circa Friday THE 13th PART 2 (1981). Novelist Michael Blodgett adapted his own book for this along with co-writer Dennis Shryack, who has some good horror credits with THE CAR (1977) and MURDER BY PHONE (1982). The plot is pretty flimsy and the drama between Norris and his crazy seeming fiancé is really rough. Their birthday dinner scene is really odd to the point I was screaming for Norris to ditch this crazy chick. Also, the idea that Norris is the only one who believes the killer is in the theater after three mysterious deaths is laughable. Still, there are some memorable bits including a final showdown that fulfills my wildest theater setting fantasies. Co-starring Steve James as Norris' partner and Ron O'Neal as The Mayor.

Once Again, there are egg heads looking to find The green mile when U watch steven segal or chuck norris. This is not that kind of movie. BUT, If U want a nice action mystery movie with decent acting then this is your movie. This is a Gem of a flick. Excellent for a guy who gets home late and wants to watch a movie. Kids girls or boys having a sleep over. Father - son/daughter type. I have a 9 year old girl who loves to curl up on my chest watching this kind of movie. Its great, and thank U Chuck and steven for giving us so many. Silent Rage was Awesome also. I recommend it. Don't try to expect too much out of the different kinds of films. Your supposed to have fun with this kind, or scared or whatever.