Blind Rage (1978)

Blind Rage (1978)

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The Blind Maffia [sic.]
Steal 'Em Blind
The System

Tagline(s):	They're Kings of Kung Fu. Master Thieves ... And BLIND!
	Five blind master killers pull off the most unbelievable heist of all time...
	But even 15 Million CIA Dollars Won't Get Them Back Their Sight!
	Revenge made them hate the man...but money was the excuse to blast him!

Nomination Year: 2000

SYNOPSIS:

A foolproof bank heist is planned. The "foolproof" part is that all the robbers are blind! Of course, the fools turn out to be smarter or luckier than the heisters expected.

Fred Williamson makes an appearance as the bounty hunter brought in to take down the "masterminds."

Kevin Hogan

Smithee Award Nominations

"Alas, Poor Yorick"

Drowning in Gas

The blind bad guys are escaping in a hidden panel at the bottom of a gasoline truck. Unfortunately, there's a leak. So now they're drowning in gasoline, fighting to keep their heads above the surface. The authorities figure it out and give chase, but the driver breaks free and makes it to the airport in a madcap chase when...he drives right into a parked plane. The whole thing explodes into a huge fireball. Like you do.

Best One-Liner
IHOP: Where the Action Is! Cop on radio: "Unit 2 to Car 1. Unit 2 to all units. It's going down right now at the International House of Pancakes!"

Acting Appropriately Stupid
Blind Stupidity The blind men are learning to fire pistols at targets by shooting toward the sound. ANY sound. So in the middle of this lesson (after standing RIGHT near the target), one of the henchlings pulls out a lighter and lights a cigarette. Brilliant!

Worst Acting
B.T. Anderson, "Mr. Pause" B.T. Anderson is Mister Pause. ("Take a ... crap.")

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Efren C. Piñon	Phillipino director with almost 50 titles of schlock, including Last Target and Baldo Is Coming; co-wrote Blind Rage.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Fred Williamson	Jesse Crowder	King of Blaxploitation. Known as "The Hammer." Except in 1990: Bronx Warriors, where he's "The Ogre" and Vic Morrow is "Hammer."
D'Urville Martin	Willie Black	Supporting actor who appeared in a handful of '70s blaxploitation flicks. Was Diego in Rosemary's Baby, Frankie in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and Amos in Boss Ni...uh... Let's not tempt the algorithm with that last word.
Leo Fong	Lin Wang	China-born writer, producer, director, and actor of kung fu flicks. Began his career with Murder in the Orient (1974) and ended it with Pact of Vengeance in 2022, when he sadly passed away.
Tony Ferrer	Ben Guevara	Played "Agent X-44" in many Phillipino spy thrillers.
Charlie Davao	Johnny Duran	A whopping 300+ credits to his name, this guy was big(gish) in the Phillipines. Wrote and starred in The Killing of Satan.
Dick Adair	Anderson	Manny in Mean Business, and the art director for, uh, Supercock...
Leila Hermosa	Sally	Was 1976's Ursula.
B.T. Anderson	Lew Simpson	His only credit...wonder why.
Subas Herrero	Chief Rodriguez	AKA "Zubas Herrero" or Ricardo Herrero", was a prolific Fillipino actor -- was Lolo Minyong in Ang TV Movie; Don Victor in Haw Haw de Karabaw; and Saint Peter in Wow... Multo!


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