Silent Rage (1982)

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I caught the last hour or so of this, so no comment on the film as a whole. I remember seeing it when I was younger but I don't remember a lick.Anyway, the film builds up to the confrontation between the un-killable killer and the kung fu fighting sheriff-with the revenant killer murdering a bunch of people and the sheriff trying to figure out what's going on-but then fizzles out. Chuck Norris, who plays the sheriff and the killer (played by an actor you may who you may recognize if you've seen 'The Shawshank Redemption') fight a bit, with Norris kicking the killer in the face a good many times. Predictably, none of this fazes the killer much so the sheriff's solution to the problem is throwing his opponent down a well. After seeing the mute murderer survive several bullet wounds to the torso and an explosion in a truck, why did he think throwing him down a well would finish him off? It's possibly the lamest ending to a movie ever.

Silent Rage is about some psychotic retard who kills his relatives and then is killed himself to only be resurrected through scientific experiment and then goes on a killing spree. I liked this one. The acting was actually okay and the idea is cheesy fun but of course seeing Chuck beating ass is always the highlight of every one of his films. My favorite scene, however, is when the killer chop this guys head after getting hit with a chair. That scene was shot in such a bad way, it was funny. Recommended if you a Chuck Norris fan.

Before action icons Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal tore up the screen there was Chuck Norris. Silent Rage is a 1982 action/science fiction/horror movie starring Chuck Norris, Ron Silver and William Finley. Dan Stevens (Norris) is the sheriff of a small Texas town who checks out a disturbance which turns to murder.The killer attempts to flee, but is shot and killed and is taken to a medical institute. Three doctors operate on the mystery figure and bring him back to life using a formula that they have concocted. The resurrected man is seemingly indestructible and it's up to Sheriff Dan Stevens to try and stop him…Silent Rage is quite a violent 80's action film with some good fighting scenes. Actually there are only 2 or 3 fight scenes but they are quite good."Whatever quibbles I have with Silent Rage, there is no denying that this is one entertaining flick. How many slasher movies feature Chuck Norris Kung Fuing his way through, fighting with some Wolverine healing lunatic.. You don't see that stuff every day, folks." Harry Lags, Overall 8 out of 10

Hipointe County, Texas Sheriff Dan Stevens(Chuck Norris)has the unenviable task of dealing with a seemingly unstoppable killing machine, whose cellular structure has been altered by geneticists, conducting experiments on healing disease and other ailments which destroy the human body.You know, I thought the use of hand-held camera works exceptionally well at the opening where we first follow mentally unbalanced John Kirby(Brian Libby)from his bedroom(..where we can tell his sanity's on the brink)throughout the two story house for which he's staying, as he moves about, answering the phone with his doctor, as he slowly turns homicidal. Attacking two with an ax, we later follow Stevens as he enters the house looking for the killer. It then moves outside and we see both Kirby and Stevens exit the upstairs window where the action ends with the nutcase handcuffed after much resistance. We see here, once he's subdued, just how ridiculously powerful Kirby is, as he snaps loose his handcuffs and kicks out the cop car door! This is where the police unload a round of bullets which drop this joker. It's quite a set-up, to say the least! Here's where one questions the credibility of the plot that develops..scientist Dr. Phillip Spires(Steven Keats)is so determined and desperate to see if his formula Mitogen 35 works, he's willing to revive whoever it takes to see it successful, and this decision(to up the dosage behind his surgeon, behavioral scientist, Dr. Tom Halman's back despite his demanding pleas to let Kirby die because of his mental instability)will obviously come back to haunt him. We have to ask ourselves this..why would Spires inject such a serum in the powerful hulking frame of a homicidal maniac?! I mean, it isn't like another test subject wouldn't eventually show up on his slab, certainly not as dangerous a behemoth as this guinea pig! Well, we know why..it's because the film's intent is to provide Chuck Norris with a formidable opponent. One thing's for certain, Libby was hired for his build and presence, not acting ability. He's essentially a Michael Myers clone, an emotionless, indestructible force..the perfect adversary for Chuck to grapple with.Solid cast in this movie. Ron Silver as Halman, the only decent scientist of the film, who warns Spires against conducting his experiment on Kirby, and his desire to kill the monster costs him(..and his darling wife)their lives. William Finley shows up as a scientist taking orders from Spires(..who himself follows the Frankenstein mold of cold mad scientist who cares more for the reward than the lives which would be lost at the hands of Kirby. Stephen Furst is the comedy relief of the film, as bumbling, child-like, amiable, and impressionable deputy Charlie, Stevens' partner and buddy. Furst even has a Travis Bickle moment in front of a mirror..he's a lovable doofus whose fate is rather sad and adds extra motivation for Chuck to go after the villain. Toni Kalem is Chuck's love interest(..and Halman's sister)Alison, soon running for her life with Kirby in pursuit throughout the genetics hospital located in Stevens' county.Credibility is further tested when even injected sulfuric acid into his blood stream, multiple gun shot wounds, a flight out a window, being set on fire, and tossed down a well have no resounding effect on Kirby! Many associate Silent Rage with the slasher genre since it has certain traits relatable to those kinds of movies prevalent at the time of release, such as the use of POV camera as the killer hunts down Allison, a hefty body count, and way Kirby systematically executes the victims. I thought this was strikingly lit and to reiterate, there's some fine hand-held which allows us to follow characters moving down halls, up stairs, and around rooms. Since, the movie is more about Kirby annihilating folks, Chuck only really has one major sequence to show his martial arts skills, and that's during an entertaining bar fight with a large number of loathsome biker scum. The other two are hand-to-hand combats with Kirby. Interesting decision to shoot the final showdown without musical accompaniment..I know some who like this decision, and those that didn't(..I'm rather torn on this, there are times I like it this way, other times, I'm not so sure).