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Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Eye of the Tiger (1986) VHS Movie Review
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Get ready for sand, sweat and exhaust smoke! Gary Busey stars in Eye of the Tiger and fights a motorcycle gang from hell.
Eye of the Tiger Quick Facts
Eye of the Tiger was released to your local video store on November 24, 1986, with a mystery budget.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: Michael Thomas Montgomery (as Michael Montgomery)
Eye of the Tiger Cast
Gary Busey as Buck Matthews, a Vietnam veteran that returns home after getting out of prison and finds his town overrun by a drug running motorcycle gang.
Yaphet Kotto as J.B. Deveraux, a cop that works under a corrupt Sheriff and is good friends with Buck Matthews.
Seymour Cassel as Sheriff, he secretly gets paid off by the motorcycle gang to turn the other cheek.
William Smith as Blade, the leader of the motorcycle gang.
Back of the Box Synopsis
Buck Matthews (Gary Busey) fights the system and, with the support of an old friend (Yaphet Kotto), becomes the lone symbol of justice in a small Texas town, riddled with the corruption of a ruthless sheriff. Out of prison for a crime, he didn't commit, Buck returns to his hometown, hoping to settle down with his wife and daughter. But this is not to be. When a sadistic gang of drug-running bikers murderously violates the sanctity of his home, Buck is forced into an escalating battle of violence and action. Now, vengeance must be his, or all will be lost!
Box Quotes
'Nam was hell...
Prison unbearable...
But Coming home meant murder.'
"Busey's back in top form" Keven Thomas, L.A. Times
Eye of the Tiger Trailers
A Japanese Anime
Montage Trailer of Eye of the Tiger
Highlights
Motorcyclist flies through a wall.
A Motorcyclist gets decapitated by Buck.
Buck's dead wife is dragged in her casket down the street.
A badass truck with missiles and machine guns in used by Buck to kick ass.
Dynamite is shoved up a guys butt.
J.B. jumps into a plane and drops bombs like the Red Barron.
Sheriff gets boooooowed up!
Blade the leader is killed with COCAINE.
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Monday Dec 17, 2018
Predator 2 (1990) VHS Movie Review
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Analog Jones continues A Very Busey Christmas with a bizarre sequel, Predator 2 starring Danny Glover and Gary Busey.
Predator 2 was released on November 21, 1990, with a budget of $35 million and made $57 million in cumulative worldwide gross.
Director: Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5)
Writers: Jim and John Thomas (characters and script)
Predator 2 Cast:
Danny Glover as Lieutenant Michael "Mike" R. Harrigan, an LAPD Officer who is investigating rival Jamaican and Colombian drug cartels. He is very stubborn and often is criticized by the superior officers for not obeying orders.
Kevin Peter Hall as The Predator, a member of a warrior race which hunts aggressive members of other species for sport, uses active camouflage, a plasma weapon and can see in the infrared spectrum. Hall also played the Elder Predator, the leader of the Predators at the end of the film.
Gary Busey as Special Agent Peter Keyes posed as a DEA agent leading a special task force investigating a drug conspiracy as a cover for his attempts to capture the Predator.
Ruben Blades as Detective Danny Archuleta, a member of Harrigan's team and a long time friend of his.
María Conchita Alonso as Detective Leona Cantrell, an LAPD cop involved in the Jamaican-Colombian gang wars.
Bill Paxton as Detective Jerry Lambert, an LAPD cop, transferred from another precinct into Metro Command. His role is often that of comic relief.
Lilyan Chauvin as Dr. Irene Richards, the chief medical examiner and forensic pathologist of Los Angeles. She aids Harrigan, in spite of being completely cut out of the official investigation by Keyes' team.
Robert Davi as Deputy Chief Phil Heinemann.
Adam Baldwin as Garber, a member of Keyes' task force.
Kent McCord as Captain B. Pilgrim, an LAPD cop and Harrigan's boss.
Morton Downey, Jr. as Tony Pope, a journalist who reports the gruesome and murderous homicides left by the Predator. The police constantly criticize him for interfering with investigations.
Calvin Lockhart as King Willie, the boss of the Jamaica Voodoo Posse. He appears to be psychic because of his voodoo beliefs.
Box Synopsis
It comes from a distant world to hunt people for sport. Invisible, and armed with powerful weapons unlike anything we know, it stalks its human quarry mercilessly, leaving mangled corpses in its wake. Late time, it landed in the jungle. This time, it's chosen, Los Angeles.
Ravaged by open warfare between rival drug gangs. L.A. is the perfect killing ground for the Predator, who is drawn by heat and conflict. When the police find mutilated bodies, Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) thinks it's the work of the feuding gangs. Then a mysterious government agent (Gary Busey) arrives and orders him to stay off the case. Instead, Harrigan sets out to learn what's really going on and comes face to face with the savage alien in a climactic, electrifying confrontation.
Co-starring Ruben Blades and featuring superb special effects from Stan Winston. PREDATOR 2 is a suspenseful action thriller.
Highlights:
Columbians and the cops get into a block war with exploding cars and everything.
Columbians do coke and get destroyed by the Predator.
King Willie gets his head chopped off.
Bill Paxton tells a lot of bad jokes.
A Voodoo soul stealing ceremony gets broken up by the Predator.
The Pred attacks a subway car full of armed cops and passengers.
Danny Glover chops off the Predators arm.
The old woman in the apartment building is parts hilarious and weird.
Gary Busey gets chopped in half.
Danny Glover gets a pirate gun.
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Thursday Dec 06, 2018
Surviving the Game (1994) VHS Movie Review
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
It's the start of a VERY BUSEY CHRISTMAS! The first VHS this December is "Surviving the Game" from 1994. Get ready for the most dangerous game, hunting humans, and a bunch of dudes hamming it up in the woods!
Surviving the Game was released into theaters on April 15, 1994, from New Line Cinema on a budget of $7.4 million, and it had a box office return of $7.7 million. It was in theaters the same time as D2: The Mighty Ducks, Major League 2, Bad Girls and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Produced by Fred C. Caruso
Written by Eric Bent
Surviving the Game Cast includes:
Ice-T as Jack Mason
Rutger Hauer as Thomas Burns
Charles S. Dutton as Walter Cole
Gary Busey as Doc Hawkins
John C. McGinley as John Griffin
F. Murray Abraham as Derek Wolfe Sr.
William McNamara as Derek Wolfe Jr.
Jeff Corey as Hank
Richard Blackwell as "Tiny"
Surviving the Game VHS Trailers include:
Above the Rim (1994)
Bitter Moon (1994)
The Mask (1994)
Surviving the Game Plot:
Jack Mason is a homeless man that losses his only friends, Hank an older homeless man and his pet dog, on the same day. Mason attempts suicide but is saved by Walter Cole. Cole promises him a job as a hunting guide that pays well if he can handle it.
Mason passes the test given from Thomas Burns and is flown to a remote cabin in Oregon. Once at the Cabin, Mason meets the hunting party that paid $50,000 each to be included in this particular hunt. The party consists of Thomas Burns, the founder of the hunt, and super weird guy. Doc Hawkins, a psychopathic psychiatrist who specializes in psychological assessments for the CIA. Walter Cole, the locator, he finds the perfect prey. Texas "oil man" John Griffin or Dr. Cox who is grieving over the murder of his daughter. Wealthy executive on Wall Street, Derek Wolfe Sr. and his son Derek Wolfe Jr., who is at first unaware of the actual purposes of the hunt.
The first night all the men are eating a pig feast and engaging in conversation (Also chewing as loud as possible). Mason receives a pack of cigarettes from Hawkins and learns a little history about his birthmark. Gary Busey gives a monologue to die for about his bulldog, and a must watch.
The next morning Mason is woken up with a gun to the face and is told to run for his life! The group finish breakfast and then begin the hunt. Mason is forced to protect himself and survive at any means possible. Will he survive?! Let the hunting start!!!!
Highlights:
A dog dies within 10 minutes; actually, that sucks.
A brutal story of the killing of Prince Henry Stout by Gary Busey (this film hates dogs).
Heads in jars, always a treat.
Gary Busey is served up extra crispy.
Dr. Cox gets shot IN THE FACE.
An exploding ATV that leaves a man legless.
An annoying young man falls to his death, and the whole audience is better for it.
Rutger Hauer dresses up as a priest and GETS BLOWN UP.
Bonus points, Ice-T can't stop saying quotable lines! Example, "I would run to Alaska for twenty dollars."
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