Surprisingly this movie predates First Blood with sylvester stallone by one year. While that film is often remembered this one is mostly forgotten. This despite the fact that their plots are almost identical. Me, I prefer this one. Lee Marvin is always great and makes his way through this film half sauced (as usual). Chuck Bronson is.....well his normal self. A man of few words, squinty eyes, and lots of gratuitous violence. The movie is acted and directed satisfactory enough. And the stunts and special effects are carried out passably. But again the movie is dominated by marvin who always eats up the screen. We need a new lee marvin in these times of wussified movie villains.