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Michael Thomas Montgomery (written by)
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28 November 1986 (USA)
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'Nam was hell... Prison unbearable... But coming home meant murder.
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Gary Busey plays Buck, a former Vietnam veteran/ex-con recently released from the state prison. He returns...
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Biker
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Murder
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Decapitation
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Animal In Title
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Rape
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Ranbir, Priyanka didn't hike fee for my movie: Sajid Nadiadwala
(From Filmicafe. 7 December 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)
"Ranbir & Priyanka hardly knew one another before the shooting" - Sajid Nadiadwala
(From BollywoodHungama. 7 December 2009, 1:15 AM, PST)
(From Filmicafe. 7 December 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)
"Ranbir & Priyanka hardly knew one another before the shooting" - Sajid Nadiadwala
(From BollywoodHungama. 7 December 2009, 1:15 AM, PST)
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I want that Pick-Up Truck!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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USA:92 min
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Iceland:16 |
West Germany:18 (nf: 16) |
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Norway:18 (video premiere) |
Norway:(Banned) (1987-2003) (cinema release)
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Revealing mistakes: In the scene with the dead paramedics, the bottom paramedic clearly blinks right before the camera passes by him.
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"Eye of the Tiger", as sung by Survivor, must be one of the most recognizable and overused 80's songs ever released. The song itself is pretty much an 80's phenomenon, as it's still a classic regularly to be played at dance parties and served as theme song for at least two authentically 80's action flicks. Originally the theme song for the third (and coolest) film in Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" cycle in 1982, but a couple of years later it also became the title and theme song for this obscure but sweet and exhilarating mid-eighties revenge movie starring the underrated Gary Busey in a rare heroic role. "Eye of the Tiger" is clichéd and heavily derivative stuff, but it's just a simply irresistible action flick with stereotypical small townsfolk and over- the-top cheesy bits of violence. Around that particular 80's period, it was extremely popular in movies and TV-shows for the hero characters to move around in hi-tech vehicles chock-full of hidden armory and mechanical gimmicks. So, yes, Gary Busey also has one: a beautiful black bulletproof Dodge pick-up truck with enough artillery to armor a middle-sized ghetto!
Buck Matthews is a former Vietnam veteran and ex-convict (why choose just one clichéd background if you can have two!) who returns to his beloved hometown, only to discover that a lot of things have changed. The little town is overrun by a gang of criminal bikers, who are running a drug lab in the nearby desert, and they cause amok and raise fear among the villagers. The local sheriff is as corrupt as the pest and even the rest of the police force is too afraid to make an arrest. When Buck prevents the bikers from gang-raping a nurse one night, he involuntarily declares war. The bikers respond by destroying his house, killing his wife and traumatizing his 6-year-old daughter. The only thing for Buck left to do is wipe them all out, with the help of his old friend J.B. and some useful four-wheel-driven donations from his rich and influential former prison buddy. Admittedly this is just another action/revenge movie like there are thirteen in a dozen, but it's nevertheless great fun to watch. "Eye of the Tiger" is full of raunchy sequences that you've seen numerous times before, but remain awesome, like biker-decapitation through wires across the road and dynamite sticks up someone's pooper. The film is very mundane, cheap and trashy- looking, but you're still likely to have a great time. Director Richard C. Sarafian also made "Vanishing Point", which is arguably the coolest and most brilliant 70's car chasing movie ever made, and could here rely on a pretty solid cast. There's Busey, obviously, but also stellar performances from Yaphet Kotto ("Alien", "Across 110th Street") and super-creep William Smith ("Nam's Angels", "The Swinging Barmaids"). My favorite role comes from Seymour Cassel as the Sheriff. He's a sleazy, arrogant and utterly corrupt racist bastard and Cassel depicts him wondrously.