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mariocki · 3 months ago

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Silent Rage (1982)

"John killed him, right? Didn't he?"

"I don't care if he murdered a hundred people. We're scientists, not moralists. You know that we're all expendable. John Kirby is the future. Because of him it's possible that millions of lives can be saved."

"Only if we could have perfected the process, but there's no time. I mean, nobody's going to give us the Nobel Prize for murder."

#silent rage #1982 #american cinema #michael miller #joseph fraley #edward di lorenzo #chuck norris #ron silver #steven keats #toni kalem #william finley #brian libby #stephen furst #stephanie dunnam #joyce ingle #jay de plano #lillette zoe raley #peter bernstein #mark goldenberg #brainless Norris actioner; I've wanted to see this for a while‚ but only because of the presence of beloved Bill Finley (under used but an #absolute delight as always). this was Chuck's only foray into the vaguely sci fi or horror themed movie world‚ this being a kind of #Frankenstein take off (only with more roundhouse kicks). it was also his only time doing romantic scenes‚ something he was apparently #very uncomfortable with‚ and which he swore off ever doing onscreen again. he's not the strongest actor‚ altho his martial arts are #admittedly impressive; this is at its best when following Libby's man mountain homicidal killer (the opening ten minutes in particular #all restless handheld camera and sweaty mental break‚ are quite excellent). Libby was a stuntman but you'd never know he wasn't a trained #actor‚ he puts a hell of a lot into his performance. Furst's comic relief deputy‚ on the other hand‚ quickly grows tiresome #dumb as rocks and at times plain idiotic (Norris is satisfied he's killed the big bad by throwing him down a small well‚ despite the guy #having just survived much greater falls and a close range explosion without a scratch). fun synth score too but this is far from an #essential watch; for fans of brainless machismo and or Bill Finley being a weird nerd only (I'm the latter more than the former)

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