I'm not sure why I continued to watch this movie to the end, has to be habit. It is as cheesy-cheap and predictable as they come. If that was what they were going for, then they nailed it. I wouldn't even call this a B movie, it is more of a C- movie. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the accomplished actors- Busey, Kotto, Cassel and Smith but this movie did not serve them well. If anything it took away from them. It is nothing more than a bad made-for-TV movie with a little gore and a couple of F-bombs, I'm assuming, to achieve the R rating in an effort to bring in more viewership. Yes it can be said it has lots of action, but it is lame, network TV quality action even for mid-1980s action movies. My guess is that the 3 million budget directly reflects the quality of effects and predictable same old done and redone family-harm and revenge story and hopefully the bulk went to the real talent. I would have liked to see how much the movie grossed but oddly enough, it is not listed, maybe because it didn't even bring in enough to cover the expense. Maybe I've gotten too accustomed to the more modern higher standards of B movie making today. If so, disregard this review.
Review of Eye of the Tiger
