Lone Wolf McQuade
Orion Pictures | Release Date: April 15, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is an action movie. It makes no apology for that. But it's high-style action. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDuane Byrge
Writer B.J. Nelson has skillfully combined plot elements and situations which draw from the best of Westerns and anti-Establishment cop films. Read full review
75
The Associated PressBob Thomas
The plot is simplistic, but the film makes no pretense. It is aimed at the action fans, and it should immensely please them. [11 Apr 1983]
70
The New York TimesVincent Canby
The plot, set in and around El Paso, is unimportant and nonstop, like an old-fashioned, Saturday afternoon serial, which isn't at all bad. Steve Carver, the director, understands that in such films action is content. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Fans of Soldier of Fortune magazine will think they've been ambushed and blown away to heaven by Lone Wolf McQuade. Every conceivable type of portable weapon on the world market is tried out by the macho warriors on both sides of the law in this modern western. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This is one of the better Norris action films, showcasing his astounding martial-arts skills. But the film loses power toward the end when the action bends reality a little too much. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
So it's all pretty silly. But it does move along, and the range of weapons is formidable. Steve Carver, who did Norris' An Eye for an Eye, knows how to handle action, though Lone Wolf might have been more convincing had he let any of the bad guys shoot straight. [5 May 1983, p.B10]
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay Scott
Lone Wolf gets mad as a bee-stung boxer dog. [18 Apr 1983]
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
As senseless violence goes, this is very senseless and very violent. Norris is a Texas Ranger, Carradine an oily Senator smuggling weapons to 'Central American terrorists', but the storyline has more non sequiturs than bodies, which is saying something. Read full review
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