SILENT RAGE (1982)

MORGAN'S RATING

Chuck Norris, six-time World Champion, stars in his first suspense film as the tough, street-fighting sheriff of a small Texas town terrorized by a psychotic killer. Sheriff Stevens is faced with the dilemma of stopping the invincible murderer, made virtually indestructible through genetic engineering. A young group of researchers are responsible for developing the genetically altering serum, and the head of the research institute is determined to continue the experiments, regardless of the consequences.

Chuck Norris (Dan Stevens), Ron Silver (Dr. Tom Halman), Steven Keats (Dr. Phillip Spires), Toni Kalem (Alison Halman), William Finley (Dr. Paul Vaughn), Brian Libby (John Kirby), Stephen Furst (Charlie), Stephanie Dunnam (Nancy Halman), Joyce Ingle (Mrs. Sims), Jay De Plano (Biker Leader), Lillette Zoe Raley (Tatooed Biker Mama), Mike Johnson (Biker at Cafe), Linda Tatum (Biker Mama), Kathleen Lee (Biker Mama), David Unger (Boy), John Barrett (Doctor, uncredited), Desmond Dhooge (Jimmy the Guard, uncredited), Joe Farago (Emergency Room Doctor, uncredited), Eddie Galt (Boy, uncredited), Russel Higginbotham (Boy, uncredited), Sonny Jones, Sandy Lang (Sheriff Deputies, uncredited), Paula Selzer (Waitress, uncredited).

SCIENCE CREATED HIM. NOW CHUCK NORRIS MUST DESTROY HIM.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: April 2nd, 1982 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $3.6 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $10.4 million (USA)

DIRECTOR: Michael Miller. WRITERS: Joseph Fraley and Edward Di Lorenzo (uncredited). PRODUCER: Anthony B. Unger. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Aaron Norris. CO-PRODUCER: Andy Howard. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Peter Bernstein, Mark Goldenberg and Katie Sagal. DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia Pictures.

QUOTES

Biker Leader: Me and my boys chew up towns like this. Dan: Is that so? Biker Leader: Oh yeah! Dan: Then that tells me something. You've never been through this town before! Biker Leader: What makes you so damn sure of that? Dan: Because this little town would ruin those pretty white teeth of yours.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Although not a great movie by any standards, this film should provide a good time for those viewers that enjoy B movies." -- Robert Gelpi, DVD Angle

Dr. Philip Spires: Bones will mend, wounds will heal, diseases cured. Isn't that worth everything? Anything? Dr. Tom Halman: Yeah, look, before we go to Stockholm and pick up the Nobel Prize I want the works done on him.

"The action sequences are a joke; not a lot of excitement is to be found in any of them. When Norris beats up the biker gang, the director decides to play it for laughs...it gets tiring quickly, just like the rest of the film." -- Daniel Hirschleifer, digitallyOBSESSED.com

Dr. Philip Spires: I did it John! I made history! We did! I'm the only one left who knows how we did it.

Charlie: I knew you'd say that! I knew you would! Well, I was hoping you would.