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Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
USA 1986

 

They Stole his pride and destroyed his family… now he’ll do whatever it takes to get justice! Buck Matthews (Gary Busey, Lethal Weapon, Silver Bullet) returns to his rural hometown after serving time in prison for a crime he didn't commit, wanting only to live in peace with his beloved wife and daughter. But that peace is irrevocably shattered when a sinister biker gang begins terrorizing the townspeople. When Buck's brave attempt to protect his family from the vicious marauders results in tragedy, he embarks on a one-man war against his evil foes... and even though he's outnumbered and outgunned, he won't give up until the last body drops. Directed by cult filmmaker Richard C. Sarafian (Vanishing Point, Sunburn) and co-starring Yaphet Kotto (Live and Let Die, Alien), William Smith (Any Which Way You Can, Seven), Seymour Cassel (King of the Mountain, Rushmore) and Bert Remsen (Inside Moves, Borderline).

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Buck (Gary Busey) 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.

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Theatrical Release: November 28th, 1986

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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

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Distribution Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:31:42.000        
Video

1.85:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 24,622,360,317 bytes

Feature: 23,441,768,448 bytes

Video Bitrate: 29.98 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 2130 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2130 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB
Subtitles English, None
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Studio: Kino

 

1.85:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 24,622,360,317 bytes

Feature: 23,441,768,448 bytes

Video Bitrate: 29.98 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• Theatrical Trailer (2:12)


 Blu-ray Release Date: May 25th, 2021
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Chapters 12

 

 

Comments:

NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (May 2021): Kino have transferred Richard C. Sarafian's Eye of the Tiger to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "2K scan of the Interpositive". It is in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio on a single-layered disc with a high bitrate. The image quality is very good with a very few instances of small damage, barely any speckles and a textured image. Colors look true and carry minor depth. A few darker scenes can look noisy but overall this is a substantial upgrade from SD supporting the film well. 

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. The film has plenty of aggressive effects that don't stand out - even the explosions - and a score by Don Preston (Dances with Werewolves, Emmanuelle: First Contact), but more famous for Survivor's titular Eye of the Tiger (played twice) and James Brown's Gravity. The music sounds quite pleasing in the lossless. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers only a theatrical trailer. The film doesn't warrant a commentary.

Richard C. Sarafian's Eye of the Tiger has Gary Busey as a good'ol boy, justice-vigilante, wrongly done by the law and standing, mostly alone, against the evil-doers of his small town. Ohhhh... he has a small daughter - used to have wife till 'they' killed her. It's extremist revenge-genre with him anally-probing one of the baddies with a lit stick of dynamite. Yep. Busy is pretty good in the role - Buford-Pusser-like. We don't get much background on the characters, but hints that adeptly fit the plot - corrupt Sheriff (Seymour Cassel), loyal buddy (Yaphet Kotto), and psychotic biker-leader enemy (William Smith.)  It's quite goofy and formulaic, but sometimes we want those type of films - vegetate and let it play out tweaking our inner revenge-fantasy. Good versus bad. The bare-bones Kino Blu-ray provides a better HD presentation than the film deserves. Busey stands out as surprisingly effective. That's about it.

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