"Rumble Fish" takes its name from the exotic "Siamese fighting fish" that virtually every pre-teen boy becomes obsessed with because the idea of an assassin fish is just too cool to overlook. The film is adapted from the book by S.E. Hinton (also the author of "The Outiders" upon which that film was based) and follows the story of a kid named Rusty James (Matt Dillon). All his life he looked up to his older brother (Mickey Rourke), known only as "The Motorcycle Boy," and strove to be like him in every way.
—Filip Vuksevic