My Cultural Diet

An Eye for an Eye is a pretty routine Chuck Norris flick. Norris plays San Francisco detective Sean Kane, who quits the force to avenge his partner’s death in a drug bust gone wrong. Kane’s thirst for revenge only deepens after his partner’s girlfriend, an investigative reporter, is also killed for digging too deeply into the city’s drug-related activities. There are some double crosses, as Kane suspects a leak somewhere in the department. There’s some romance when Kane joins forces with a pretty journalist. Naturally, there are lots of roundhouse kicks. And let’s not forget Kane’s sweet Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. The film does get a bit goofy in places, be it Kane’s mentor (played by the inestimable Mako) imparting nuggets of Asian wisdom, his laundry-fetching dog Mort, or the decision to occasionally embellish Kane’s martial arts with sound effects. Still, I found myself enjoying An Eye for an Eye for what it was, especially with Christopher Lee adding his considerable charisma to the film and William Goldstein’s soaring soundtrack. As far as Steve Steve Carver/Chuck Norris collaborations go, however, I prefer 1983’s Lone Wolf McQuade.

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