Another shattering experience from the author of Taxi Driver! A gut-punch response to the horrors of Vietnam, Rolling Thunder is equal parts character study, masculine meditation and hot-blooded revenge thriller. William Devane is Major Charles Rane, a prisoner-of-war returned home for a different kind of battle. But when his damaged psyche is destroyed, he partners with a war buddy (Tommy Lee Jones) to seek vengeance. “I’ll just get my gear.”
“One of the greatest action films of all time, the greatest combination of action film and character study I’ve ever seen.” – Quentin Tarantino
“The most violent sneak reaction of recent years… the audience actually got up and tried to physically abuse the studio personnel present among them.” – William Goldman’s Adventures In The Screen Trade, discussing a 1977 Rolling Thunder preview screening
