Logan's War: Bound by Honor

I thought Logan's War was very enjoyable and better than the average made-for-tv fare. I was very impressed with Eddie Cibrian who I thought played the part of vigilante/hero very well. It seemed to me that the movie was set up to spin off into a tv series and I watch with interest to see if this eventuates.

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

Logan's War is a film nobody could accuse of being misleading.You wanted a straight-forward Chuck Norris action film,you got it.Regular Norris director Michael Preece handles proceedings in an utterly standard fashion,with unremarkable dialogue,an obviously restricted budget, a predictable story and acting that seems to have been lifted from Disney's The Lion King ,with Eddie Cibrian in the role of the Simba character.Completely ordinary,but this is either a good or a bad thing ,depending on how you look at it.**

Logan Fallon (Eddie Cibrian) was ten years old when his prosecutor father was marked for murder by a gangster he was prosecuting. Logan has this uncanny ability to sense danger before it happens, and he sensed the gangster's hitmen coming and survived their attack but the rest of his family was not so lucky. Logan chose not to tell the investigator who killed his family cause he wants to get them himself.

Better than average TV stars Chuck Norris, who has a cameo appearance, and Eddie Cibrian, who is the main lead. He acts quite well as the ex-army ranger out for revenge. It's a simple plot, it's a familiar story, and it's a bit slow, but overall it was quite gripping with some good action. It's amazing to see the 58 year old Chuck take down the bad guys with much vigour.

This movie reminds me of the Executioner. A guy's family gets whacked by the Mafia and in return the guy goes after them. It's pretty awesome though. Chuck Norris plays an awesome role and it just reminds me so much of Walker, Texas Ranger, especially with the way the credits are made out and most of the guys have been on an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. The only thing that really stunk was that the beginning took place in 1983 and then in the middle jumps back 15 years later into the present and none of the characters, other than Logan changes. But overall, this movie was cool. I gave up reading the Executioner because of my spiritual beliefs, but I don't really see what's so wrong with this movie so I've got this movie to take over my wants to see a guy take out the Mafia. Overall, the best Chuck Norris movie I've seen.

*Possible spoilers* Of course, it never was. According to urban legend, a mobbed-up studio bought the movie rights to the paperback vigilante so nobody with similar qualities, in real-life, would get any ideas! Thus, over the years, I've satisfied myself with Charles Bronson's first two "Death Wish" movies; Dolph Lundgren's version of "the Punisher" (better than most people give it credit for); and, now "Logan's War." Obviously, it was meant to inspire a TV series. That it failed to do so is no fault of the two lead actors.

I found Mr. Cibrian quite believable as Logan Fallon. And, Chuck Norris (as Uncle Jake) was his usual rugged self. *BTW, I recognized a couple nice homages to previous Chuck movies. The abusive dad-next-door who finally gets a taste of his own medicine, from "the Hit Man." And, the Flying Kick of Death-By-Windshield, from "Good Guys Wear Black."*

At the end, Joe Spano--as Special Agent Downing--tells his partner that the Fallon family's massacre doesn't give Logan the right to act as judge, jury, and executioner. Well, as an average law-abiding citizen (who occasionally hears about "reputed" organized crime-bosses getting undeserved acquittals), if I were a juror at Logan's trial for vigilantism, I would most definitely beg to differ!