Buck Matthews is a former Vietnam vet recently released from the state prison. He returns to the small Midwest town where he grew up only to discover the place overrun by a motorcycle gang causing trouble. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatise his young daughter, Buck finds himself all alone.
The sheriff is unwilling to help Buck, so he decides to take matters into his own hands, With the help from a fellow Vietnam vet, Deputy J. B. Deveraux, as well as Buck's former cell-mate, a drug kingpin living in Miami, Buck arms himself and wages a one-man war against the motorcyclists to destroy them once and for all........
It's the eighties, and everyone loves a good old action film featuring the bad guy who was in everything at that time. But I never thought that Busey would cut it as an action star, let alone a husband and father (sorry Jake).
So what we get is a by the numbers action film that pretty much hits the the spot if you're looking for ninety minutes of hammy hokum.
Busey is surprisingly great as the lead, but when it comes to the loss of his wife, his acting is a little bit stretched. Yaphet Kotto turns up when ever James Browns' Gravity is playing diegetically, and Seymour Cassell turns in a good performance as the sweaty, dastardly Sheriff.
The film plays like an extended episode of the A-Team. Gut comes home to a small town that is being hassled by a gang of bikers, something life changing happens to our protagonist, and he gets a modified van, and takes out the minions, before fighting the end of game boss, with all of his friends looking on.
There are a few scenes that cause unintentional hilarity. The house siege, as emotionally gripping as it should be, you can't help but laugh whenever another bike enters the house. There must be at least twelve bikers in the house at one point, and Busey disguised as a Doctor when trying to interrogate a member of the gang.
It's not going to win any awards, and it's not surprising that it's fallen off the radar. But if like me, you love a big slice of eighties cheese, then you could do far worse than this.
And yes, they use the song.....
The sheriff is unwilling to help Buck, so he decides to take matters into his own hands, With the help from a fellow Vietnam vet, Deputy J. B. Deveraux, as well as Buck's former cell-mate, a drug kingpin living in Miami, Buck arms himself and wages a one-man war against the motorcyclists to destroy them once and for all........
It's the eighties, and everyone loves a good old action film featuring the bad guy who was in everything at that time. But I never thought that Busey would cut it as an action star, let alone a husband and father (sorry Jake).
So what we get is a by the numbers action film that pretty much hits the the spot if you're looking for ninety minutes of hammy hokum.
Busey is surprisingly great as the lead, but when it comes to the loss of his wife, his acting is a little bit stretched. Yaphet Kotto turns up when ever James Browns' Gravity is playing diegetically, and Seymour Cassell turns in a good performance as the sweaty, dastardly Sheriff.
The film plays like an extended episode of the A-Team. Gut comes home to a small town that is being hassled by a gang of bikers, something life changing happens to our protagonist, and he gets a modified van, and takes out the minions, before fighting the end of game boss, with all of his friends looking on.
There are a few scenes that cause unintentional hilarity. The house siege, as emotionally gripping as it should be, you can't help but laugh whenever another bike enters the house. There must be at least twelve bikers in the house at one point, and Busey disguised as a Doctor when trying to interrogate a member of the gang.
It's not going to win any awards, and it's not surprising that it's fallen off the radar. But if like me, you love a big slice of eighties cheese, then you could do far worse than this.
And yes, they use the song.....