Eye of the Tiger

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

1986 1h 32m EN

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6.1

MID

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20%

ROTTEN

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5.6

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 63🥫20%Rotten Tomatoes★5.6IMDB · 2,661

ActionDrama

Synopsis

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Buck is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves to the teeth and wage war against the gang to destroy them once and for all.

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

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Cast

Gary Busey
Buck Matthews
Yaphet Kotto
J.B. Deveraux
Seymour Cassel
Sheriff
Denise Galik
Christie Matthews
Kimberlin Brown
Dawn
Judith Barsi
Jennifer Matthews
Bert Remsen
Father Healey
William Smith
Blade

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writers: Michael Thomas Montgomery
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Don Preston. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Gregory Prange shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Gary Busey and Yaphet Kotto and Seymour Cassel carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "'Nam was hell... Prison unbearable... But coming home meant murder.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0091027 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Richard C. Sarafian directs. Peter Lyons Collister behind the camera. Don Preston scores. Gregory Prange cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Don Preston. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Gregory Prange shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Gary Busey and Yaphet Kotto and Seymour Cassel carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "'Nam was hell... Prison unbearable... But coming home meant murder.".
8IMDB entry: tt0091027 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "vietnam veteran", "martial arts", "rocket launcher", "fistfight".