"Good Guys Wear Black" is a movie that earned back more than 18 times what it cost...in the United States alone! Calling it a hit film is certainly an understatement!
The early part of this film is a bit confusing and it's not told sequentially. To make it easier, I'll explain it in the way it SHOULD have been explained. John Booker (Chuck Norris) was the head of a secret mission into Vietnam to rescue MIA soldiers still being held by the North Vietnamese following the war. This secret mission is a told screw up and it seems obvious to everyone (except Booker) that they've been compromised. Only a handful of men escape and now, several years later, someone is killing them off...one by one. This is brought to Booker's attention by a pretty lawyer (Anne Archer) and soon he springs into action...trying to save the surviving members as well as himself.
Apart from a confusing narrative early in the picture, the story also has an ending that simply seem botched. When Booker finally confronts the baddie who is behind all this, it's a poor moment for two reasons...the baddie just talks and talks and talks and Booker leaves without killing him. Then, he returns a bit later to do this job but in a way that left lots of opportunity for the guy to survive and Booker to possibly die. It seriously looks like they had no idea how to end this...undoing much of the good in the film. After all, it is Chuck Norris and his martial arts skills are phenomenal.
The early part of this film is a bit confusing and it's not told sequentially. To make it easier, I'll explain it in the way it SHOULD have been explained. John Booker (Chuck Norris) was the head of a secret mission into Vietnam to rescue MIA soldiers still being held by the North Vietnamese following the war. This secret mission is a told screw up and it seems obvious to everyone (except Booker) that they've been compromised. Only a handful of men escape and now, several years later, someone is killing them off...one by one. This is brought to Booker's attention by a pretty lawyer (Anne Archer) and soon he springs into action...trying to save the surviving members as well as himself.
Apart from a confusing narrative early in the picture, the story also has an ending that simply seem botched. When Booker finally confronts the baddie who is behind all this, it's a poor moment for two reasons...the baddie just talks and talks and talks and Booker leaves without killing him. Then, he returns a bit later to do this job but in a way that left lots of opportunity for the guy to survive and Booker to possibly die. It seriously looks like they had no idea how to end this...undoing much of the good in the film. After all, it is Chuck Norris and his martial arts skills are phenomenal.