Watching Silent Rage I felt like I was watching 2 movies spliced together.
One movie had Chuck Norris as a sheriff of a small community trying to keep the peace and rid the town of scum. He shoots a multiple-killer & cleans house in a bar invaded by bikers. He also has a comic sidekick (surprise) played by Stephen Furst of Animal House fame (I chuckled a bit at his parts, especially the Robert DeNiro/Taxi Driver scene). Double-punches and roundhouse kicks aplenty here! Then there's the other movie.
A man gone made by society's ills is brought back to life by a doctor (Steven Keats) and his assistant (William Finley), under the protest of Dr. Halman (Ron Silver, in his usual good form). The premise struck me as a kind of "Reanimator" premise with the serum bringing the killer back to life, thought Reanimator was made years later & based on a H.P. Lovecraft story.
I felt the stalking scenes were well-done & suspenseful and the opening scene was great. I felt the movie would've been pretty good without the Chuck Norris scenes. However, since this is was a Chuck Norris vehicle...
The Norris portions were filled with scenes we've seen in any other Chuck Norris film; barroom scenes, Lone Wolf McQuade-like stances against lawbreakers, etc, etc, etc.
The producers must've been thinking, "OK, who can we put Chuck Norris up against that he hasn't faced before. Got it! An indestructible killer!" Going into the film you know that Chuck would have to face the killer eventually, and when he does it's a HUGE disappointment. If fact, old Chuck RUNS from the guy! WHAT?! Yep, he runs from old Stoneface.
No spoilers here on the ending, though you would've thought it could have ended better than it did after seeing it.
My rating?
6.0 for the horror portion of the movie
2.0 for the Chuck Norris portion
Averages out to 4
One movie had Chuck Norris as a sheriff of a small community trying to keep the peace and rid the town of scum. He shoots a multiple-killer & cleans house in a bar invaded by bikers. He also has a comic sidekick (surprise) played by Stephen Furst of Animal House fame (I chuckled a bit at his parts, especially the Robert DeNiro/Taxi Driver scene). Double-punches and roundhouse kicks aplenty here! Then there's the other movie.
A man gone made by society's ills is brought back to life by a doctor (Steven Keats) and his assistant (William Finley), under the protest of Dr. Halman (Ron Silver, in his usual good form). The premise struck me as a kind of "Reanimator" premise with the serum bringing the killer back to life, thought Reanimator was made years later & based on a H.P. Lovecraft story.
I felt the stalking scenes were well-done & suspenseful and the opening scene was great. I felt the movie would've been pretty good without the Chuck Norris scenes. However, since this is was a Chuck Norris vehicle...
The Norris portions were filled with scenes we've seen in any other Chuck Norris film; barroom scenes, Lone Wolf McQuade-like stances against lawbreakers, etc, etc, etc.
The producers must've been thinking, "OK, who can we put Chuck Norris up against that he hasn't faced before. Got it! An indestructible killer!" Going into the film you know that Chuck would have to face the killer eventually, and when he does it's a HUGE disappointment. If fact, old Chuck RUNS from the guy! WHAT?! Yep, he runs from old Stoneface.
No spoilers here on the ending, though you would've thought it could have ended better than it did after seeing it.
My rating?
6.0 for the horror portion of the movie
2.0 for the Chuck Norris portion
Averages out to 4