Eye of the Tiger (1986)

Regisseur:

Richard C. Sarafian

Drehbuchautor:

Michael Thomas Montgomery (written by)

Premierendatum:

28. November 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Werbezeile:

'Nam was hell... Prison unbearable... But coming home meant murder.

Plot:

Gary Busey plays Buck, a former Vietnam veteran/ex-con recently released from the state prison. He returns...

Plot Keywords:

Animal In Title | Gunshot | Sweat | Electronic Music Score | Revenge

Nutzerkommentare:

Killer instinct...

Besetzung

Gary Busey	...	Buck Matthews
Yaphet Kotto	...	J.B. Deveraux
Seymour Cassel	...	Sheriff
Bert Remsen	...	Father Healey
Denise Galik	...	Christie Matthews
William Smith	...	Blade
Kimberlin Brown	...	Dawn
Judith Barsi	...	Jennifer Matthews
Eric Boles	...	Doctor (as Eric Bolles)
Joe Brooks	...	Jake
Douglas Dirkson	...	Jimmy
Kathryn Fuller	...	Bingo Lady
Jorge Gil	...	Jamie
Amelia Haas	...	Melody / Mini-Cam Reporter
Ray Habercorn	...	Police Officer

Alternativ:

Tiger - Die Stunde des Infernos, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Tiger, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

USA:92 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Ultra Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

West Germany:18 (nf: 16) | Iceland:16 | USA:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Norway:(Banned) (1987-2003) (cinema release)

Drehorte:

Valencia, California, USA

Firma:

Action Brothers

Killer instinct...

Gary Busey stars as Buck Matthews a Vietnam vet just out of prison and looking to spend some me-time with the wife and daughter only to have his life of peace shattered by a pack of bikers who have taken over the town and have basically turned it into a hell, Busey keeps a cool head at first but when the bikers kill his wife and then dig her up and put her coffin on the front porch (Hands down the film's silliest moment) Gary Busey becomes a one man army with the help of his friend Yappet Kotto. Eye Of The Tiger was of course the song sung by Survivor which is supposed to symbolize your killer instinct. Naturally if you base a movie on a Survivor song, the results will hardly be life altering. For some reason I received this movie from the movie company which I am a member of, I never asked for this one so I was surprised to get it. Indeed even when I was a teenager I never had even heard of this movie. Not that i'm complaining, Eye Of The Tiger is the definition of dumb action fare which often times produced a smile on my face. Especially when Gary Busey captures a biker and shoves TNT where the sun don't shine which leads to the humiliated and bewildered biker's weak response of information needed. This probably inspired the similar scene in Man On Fire. Of course i'm not one to speculate.

* * out of 4-(Fair)