When I first watched this movie back in the late 1990s I didn’t really grasp the concept and thought it was just an entertaining guy with a sword cutting people up while being blind. Now I watch it again and see the hidden gem it is. One of the scariest things in life would be to lose your eye sight. Your hearing, your speech and your limbs are all very important but if you lose your ability to see you are forced to rely on every other sense to survive. This is true for this Vietnam War Veteran who loses his eye sight during war and wanders into a Vietnamese camp assumed to have been dead but where he learns the ways of the sword. I think one of the cool parts of this movie is how so many people try to take advantage of him for being blind yet he out smarts them with patience and attention to detail. This is an old early 90’s movie so you spot some cool vintage attire as well as cool pre-ban guns throughout the action scenes. I think the story is moving and you still have some good surprise scenes for how old it is with oddly relevant situations. Great throw back Reno Nevada scenes to see and the character build up doesn’t disappoint at all for the action scenes delivered.