Eye of the Tiger (Blu-ray Review)
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Studio(s)Scotti Brothers Pictures (Scorpion Releasing/Kino Lorber)
Film/Program Grade: C
Review
Action films are a Hollywood staple and have been for years. With a solid script, they can result in excitement, drama, and suspense. But when action takes precedence over story, things can go awry and the film becomes a loud, non-stop series of violent set pieces strung together by a thin, tired plot.
Eye of the Tiger stars Gary Busey as decorated Vietnam vet Buck Matthews, who has just returned to his home town following a prison term for a crime he didn’t commit. All he wants is to resume a normal life with his wife, Christie (Denise Galik), and their young daughter, Jennifer (Judith Barsi). Christie wants to move so the family can start a new life where Buck doesn’t have “ex-con” written all over him. But Buck insists on staying, even though the town is under siege by a violent motorcycle gang of drug dealers, headed