this be simply another bad chuck norris movie . norris play a cop on the trail of a twisted serial killer of woman . he put the guy away three year before and but the guy somehow get through the bar in the nut house he in by use what look like dental floss . then the killer escape in a cleaning van and drive it over a 400 foot cliff and survive to spend time around a theater undergo renovation . irish jack ohalloran be the best thing in this movie and but like in superman ii and he doesn not say a word . somehow that suppose to make him more menacing . ron oneal of super fly fame and steve james be waste play the city mayor and norris sidekick respectively . the film also contain the idiotic subplot of norris and his girlfriend have a child out of wedlock while it so 1980 . when couple norris serious act turn with over the top musical cue signal every forthcoming scene in predictable fashion and the film become a chore to sit through . the build up while search for the killer in the theater be interesting enough with norris crawl through the shadow to discover the hideaway and but the end fight be disappointing after begin in such a promising way . it yet another disappointment from cannon film and and it play like a movie make for television . of 4 star .