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An Eye for an Eye (1981) IMDb WikiData TMDB
An Eye for an Eye
director: Steve Carver actor: Chuck Norris / Christopher Lee
other title: Triade chiama canale 6 / Olho por Olho
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
April 5, 2026 watched
As an action fan, I've seen some real dreck. But this was actually a pretty well made thriller.

Sure it has its fair share of tropes, the fights aren't the most impressive I've seen, and I saw the twist coming a mile off, but it was coherent and well-paced and kept me engaged. After having just seen Norris in Slaughter in San Francisco and Lee in Starship Invasions, An Eye for An Eye was a relief!

(NB brief but delightful hamming from Stuart Pankin.)

Missed watching it in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon, caught up with it later.
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Shaft (1971) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Shaft
director: Gordon Parks actor: Richard Roundtree / Moses Gunn
other title: Shaft il detective / John Shaft - detektiv i aktion
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Maniac Cop (1988) TMDB IMDb
Maniac Cop
director: William Lustig actor: Tom Atkins / Bruce Campbell
other title: Maniac Cop - Poliziotto sadico
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered.