Posted by: Ryan Allen on April 18, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Hero and The Terror (William Tannen, 1988)
Danny “Hero” O’Brien doesn’t like to wait for backup, especially when he’s hot on the trail of superhuman serial killer Simon Moon. But if you were Chuck Norris, would you wait around for other cops to show up when there’s a bad guy to be kicked?
Moon was collared by O’Brien (Norris) years ago. But despite years of psychotherapy with attractive doctor Kay (Brynn Thayer), O’Brien’s nightmares have begun anew. Even after Moon has been reported dead, O’Brien knows better. Luckily, his fellow police detectives (including Cannon Films regular Steve James) don’t doubt his gut, especially after a fresh batch of women with twisted necks (Moon’s modus operandi) start turning up. Moon’s reappearance couldn’t have come at a worse time — O’Brien and his therapist have been doing the horizontal mambo, and Kay’s nine months along with their little girl.
Played by former boxer Jack O’Halloran, Simon “The Terror” Moon is yet another of the speaking actor’s mute characters (his most famous foray as a non-speaking menace was his role as Non in Superman II). Moon may remind viewers unfortunate enough to suffer through Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake of Michael Myers, another hulking silent killer with mother issues who breaks out of a sanitarium. Moon makes his escape with panache, sawing through the bars of his cell with a combination of metal shavings, Chapstick, dental floss, and a lot of patience. More than Michael Myers, Moon can be seen as akin to the Phantom of the Opera with his choice of hideaway. When an urban renewal campaign reopens the theater where Moon resides, he’s given a steady stream of new victims via his private access to the women’s washroom.
Not the fastest moving film action film that Golan-Globus ever produced, Hero and The Terror gave Norris few opportunities for martial arts, relying more on his acting prowess, often pushing him to the breaking point. The film was marketed as a supernatural thriller (is The Terror actually an apparition?), and yet the scariest thing on screen could be Norris’s attempt to be a serious actor. — Mike White
[tags]Hero and the Terror, Chuck Norris, Haloween, Supeman II, Michael Myers, Rob Zombie[/tags]
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