EYE OF THE TIGER (1986)

Action-superstar Gary Busey has just been released from prison, but when he returns to his small hometown he discovers that it's been taken over by a bunch of dirt bike riding drug runners lead by some dude with a stubby little mohawk that only covers the back of his head.  Weirdo.  Busey don't take too kindly to these helmeted thugs, especially after they kill his wife, so he jumps in his giant truck that's armed with self-loading mortars and self-loading machine guns and goes out to kick ass...along the way he also rapes a dude while dressed as a doctor.  Well, I didn't see that coming!

When I sat down to watch EYE OF THE TIGER I was hoping that the action was going be over the top crazy, but it wasn't.  Instead, it's not even as good as old episodes of "The A-Team".  Zero nudity, ridiculous story and we never get to see any awesome hand-to-hand fighting scenes.  There was one fight towards the end, but it's weak.

Overall, the whole thing is silly, lightweight and forgettable.  For Gary Busey fans only...if there is such a thing.

REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS (1986)

REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS starts out with some fresh prisoners entering Pridemore Juvenile Facility. They're stripped, showered and searched before joining the general population, which apparently is just a single large room full of girls. One of the new girls is seen as pure and therefore wanted the bad girl dyke gang. Added to this dire situation is the evil warden (Sybil Danning, who has very little screen time and never even gets close to naked) and her second-in-command, Edna, who deals with the girls on a more day-to-day basis. The usual shit-talking, hair-pulling and fighting takes place, but I just couldn't get into it. Even the fair amount of nudity didn't help.

When I was a kid back in the 1980's REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS was legendary (to me at least) thanks to that awesome VHS box I kept sneaking sneaky peeks at at my local video store. But, when I finally got around to actually watching it, the whole thing was pretty disappointing and nowhere near as awesome as the story I had created in my brain.

Disappointing or not, RSG is still worth watching though simply for its cult status. One thing that I like to daydream about is if, back in the early 1980’s, if there could have been a women in prison film staring Divine. I don’t even care what role she had, the evil matron or the innocent girl, whatever. She would have been amazing! Maybe even have her play both!