Thunderground (1989)

September. 01,1989

6.3

| Adventure Action

A con-artist meets a tough fighter and sees him as her ticket to a better life. The two make an agreement and head off to New Orleans to arrange a match with "the man" - the mysterious king of bare-knuckled boxing. There are no rules for this fight...one man wins when the other dies.

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Cast

Paul Coufos as Bird

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Jesse Ventura as The Man

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M. Emmet Walsh as Wedge

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Reviews

Plantiana

1989/09/01

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

GrimPrecise

1989/09/02

I'll tell you why so serious

Murphy Howard

1989/09/03

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Tymon Sutton

1989/09/04

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

merklekranz

1989/09/05

"Thunderground" is a fast moving "Hard Times" clone. The bare knuckles characters are not unlike Charles Bronson as the fighter and James Coburn as the manager in the depression era film "Hard Times". "Thunderground" substitutes hobos riding rail cars, with Paul Coufos as the fighter and Margaret Langrick as his teenage partner. Michael Ironside is supposed to be in this movie, but I'll be damned if I could tell you where? I will tell you that M. Emmet Walsh and Jesse Ventura are in it, but their parts are small. Overall, "Thunderground" is surprisingly enjoyable, oozing with Southern atmosphere, totally acceptable character development and acting, making it the perfect film for a lazy night at a Southern drive-in. - MERK

Comeuppance Reviews

1989/09/06

"Thunderground" is a very silly film. It's about a would-be boxer and a kid who want to fight the ultimate bad guy: "The Man" played by Jesse Ventura. The acting is pretty bad except Ventura who knows he's in a goofy film, and he overacts with glee. I'm happy when movies like this see the light of day and not disappear off the face of the earth. "Thunderground" is a mixture of "Rocky", "Over The Top", and "Bloodsport". If you want to see hobos beat each other up and Jesse Ventura fighting in a remote forest, this is the movie for you.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com