# Rolling Thunder (1977)

> A traumatized Vietnam veteran turns a shattered homecoming into a cold, merciless campaign of revenge.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/13165

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
- Director: John Flynn
- Cast: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Dabney Coleman, Lisa Blake Richards, Luke Askew, Lawrason Driscoll
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076637/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: brooding, laconic, bleak, 1970s crime movie night, grindhouse double feature

## Movies like Rolling Thunder

- [Mr. Majestyk (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/15569)
- [Violent City (1970)](https://ember.film/movie/19851)
- [Bad Ass (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/65377)
- [The Killer Elite (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/19797)
- [Inferno (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/5952)
- [Murphy's Law (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/20691)
- [The Exterminator (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/23722)
- [The Evil That Men Do (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/36360)
- [Black Sunday (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/33998)
- [The Born Losers (1967)](https://ember.film/movie/29427)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt