Knowing that Lone Wolf McQuade casts Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger, one might be inclined to think that this was a preview of his later Walker, Texas Ranger series. But one would be sadly mistaken.
McQuade is far from the straight arrow that Cordell Walker was on television. He's just not a people person which is why he likes to work without a partner. When one is forced on him in the person of Robert Beltran, he greets him with a weapon when Beltran goes to his house to wake him up for what the day might bring them. Eventually the two do form some mutual respect.
What Norris is after is some bad guys who come from both sides of the border in the business of smuggling arms. On this side of the border the bad guys are led by David Carradine who is a karate master himself. He's toting as a trophy the wife of his former partner who is played by Barbara Carrera. She takes one look at Chuck though and reassesses where her loyalties lie.
When Chuck gets a little too close to Carradine's operation, he gets rather personal with Norris. He kills L.Q.Jones a former ranger and friend of Norris's, kills Norris's dog, and kidnaps his daughter. That makes what Chuck has to do rather clear and he does it in the usual Chuck Norris fashion.
On Walker, Texas Ranger usually Chuck Norris did not work up much of a sweat against most opponents. It's a lot different here, he and Carradine on the screen are equally matched in their final confrontation.
Fans of Chuck Norris should be well satisfied with Lone Wolf McQuade
McQuade is far from the straight arrow that Cordell Walker was on television. He's just not a people person which is why he likes to work without a partner. When one is forced on him in the person of Robert Beltran, he greets him with a weapon when Beltran goes to his house to wake him up for what the day might bring them. Eventually the two do form some mutual respect.
What Norris is after is some bad guys who come from both sides of the border in the business of smuggling arms. On this side of the border the bad guys are led by David Carradine who is a karate master himself. He's toting as a trophy the wife of his former partner who is played by Barbara Carrera. She takes one look at Chuck though and reassesses where her loyalties lie.
When Chuck gets a little too close to Carradine's operation, he gets rather personal with Norris. He kills L.Q.Jones a former ranger and friend of Norris's, kills Norris's dog, and kidnaps his daughter. That makes what Chuck has to do rather clear and he does it in the usual Chuck Norris fashion.
On Walker, Texas Ranger usually Chuck Norris did not work up much of a sweat against most opponents. It's a lot different here, he and Carradine on the screen are equally matched in their final confrontation.
Fans of Chuck Norris should be well satisfied with Lone Wolf McQuade