Eye of the Tiger (film)

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Eye of the Tiger
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard C. Sarafian
Produced by	Tony Scotti
Written by	Michael Thomas Montgomery
Starring	Gary Busey Yaphet Kotto Denise Galik-Furey Seymour Cassel William Smith Judith Barsi Kimberlin Brown Ted Markland
Music by	Don Preston
Cinematography	Peter Lyons Collister
Editing by	Gregory Prange
Distributed by	Scotti Brothers Pictures
Release date(s)	November 28, 1986
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	Unknown
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Eye of the Tiger is a 1986 action/drama film, starring Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Denise Galik-Furey, Seymour Cassel, William Smith and Judith Barsi. The movie was directed by Richard C. Sarafian.

[edit] Plot summary

Buck Matthews (Gary Busey), a Vietnam veteran, is released from prison and returns to his old hometown to find the place has become the target of a motorcycle gang. Shortly after, the bikers murder his wife Christie (Denise Galik) by simply riding circles around her on their dirt-bikes, and traumatize his daughter Jennifer (Judith Barsi). After Christie's funeral, the gang digs up her corpse and drags it around town behind their bikes and deposit the remains on Buck's lawn. Buck has a problem: his parole officer (Seymour Cassel), the sheriff of the town, is in league with the bikers. Buck seeks the help of an old friend, J.B. Deveraux (Yaphet Kotto) who is also a veteran and a drug lord whose life he saved in prison. They vow to eradicate the gang.

A cameo by Randall "Tex" Cobb as the gang leader's brother, is cut short by Matthews, who uses steel wire to cut off his head. He would play a similar role as Leonard Smalls in Raising Arizona.

The final scene, which is an overly dramatic fight scene over which "Eye of the Tiger" predictably plays, takes place in a cocaine-filled shack at the gang's hideout.

Buck Matthews' (Gary Busey) personal on-screen kill count is 65, but this is an approximation based on a 5 kills per bombed shelter estimation. There are 45 on screen Matthews-inflicted deaths.