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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
The Pianist: Shout Select (BD),
No Man’s Land (BD and DVD),
The Night (BD and DVD),
House of Wax: Collector’s Edition (BD), and
Ernest & Celestine (BD and DVD) on 7/13, followed by
A Stranger is Watching (BD),
Little Big League: Shout Select (BD),
Fire (BD and DVD), and
Eight Legged Freaks (BD) on 7/20, and
State and Main: Shout Select (BD),
The Dead Zone: Collector’s Edition (BD),
Chamber of Horrors (BD), and
Brotherhood of the Wolf: Collector’s Edition (BD) on 7/27. Extras on all of these are still TBA. You can see the cover art for
The Dead Zone at left, with more covers visible below the break. [Read on here.]