The Horror Returns - The Action Returns - TAR Quick Reviews: An Eye For An Eye (1981)

Episode Date: April 8, 2026

This quick review Nez brings you the 1981 Chuck Norris classic AN EYE FOR AN EYE. Sean Kane is a San Francisco cop whose partner is murdered by an Oriental drug ring. When his superiors takes him off the case, Kane quits his job and sets out to exact revenge.   Join The Action Returns Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/841619946357776 Follow The Action Returns on IG and X: Instagram: @theactionreturns X: @action_returns Check out everything Horror Returns at: https://thehorrorreturns.com Join The Horror Returns Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1056143707851246 THR Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thehorrorreturns Join the THR Presents: Stream Fiends Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3860579827402429 Follow THR Stream Fiends on IG: @thrstreamfiends Hit up E Society on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ESocietyPodcast/ ESP Podbean feed: https://macnezpodcast.podbean.com ESP Spotify feed: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/esoc Mac Nez Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7jot3LglMA0EuGTUikXejq?si=21b39da4784e4528 E Society YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCliC6x_a7p3kTV_0LC4S10A E Society and Mac-Nez t-shirts Tee Public: http://tee.pub/lic/9ko9r4p5uvE X: E Society Podcast: https://x.com/esocietypod The Zissiou: https://x.com/TheoZissou Instagram: E Society: https://www.instagram.com/esocietypod/ Mac Nez Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/macnez/ The Zissiou: https://www.instagram.com/thezissou/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@esocietypod  

Hello, Tony. Long time, no C. Hey, man, get out of here. Come on. Listen to me! It wasn't my fault. There was nothing else I could do. Cain, I had to do it.

Listen to me. You and your partner is nothing I could do. They used me. I was just a bait. They were on to you. They knew all about you. Who are they, Tony? I can't tell you know that.

I can't. Baby, I need some passion tonight. I'm coming at you with the 1981 rated our action thriller an eye for an eye Meet the professor the professor has quite a way They're delicious like no other man but neither is Chuck Norris in an eye for an eye Chuck Norris doesn't need a weapon he is weapon in an eye for an eye rated R an eye for an eye now playing at a theater near you Sean Keene is a San Francisco cop whose partner is murdered by an Oriental drug ring

when his superiors takes him off the case Kane quits his job and sets out to exact revenge okay what's Google what IMDBF to say for itself. An SFPD undercover narcotics cop aims to avenge his partner's death and destroy a rug smuggling ring operated by

the Chinese triads. This is directed by Steve Carver written by James Burner and William Gray. And this stars the late and great Chuck Norris is Sean Kane

the late Christopher Lee aka Count Duku Darth Horanus and Count Dracula and a ton of other things I think it was Frankenstein's monster as well I think that was Frankenstein's revenge

or revenge of Frankenstein I don't know one of those old school Hammer films awesome film you guys haven't seen it anyway also The Great Shaft you damn right and late

Richard Roundtree As well As Mark Matt Clark As Tom McCoy I believe he is also

Yes rest in peace And Maco As James Khan Chan I'm sorry James Khan Rest in peace

Mako He is well Passed in 2006 Maggie Cooper Also deceased as Heather, Heather Sullivan, and the beautiful Rosalind Chow. She plays Linda Chan and the great professor Toro Tanaka as the professor, rest in peace. And a ton of other people in this film.

Okay. Let me see, there was another storyline I wanted to read. It's the same thing as the other one. But this one, I for an eye. What is the poster say? What makes an ex-cop take the law into his own hands? Chuck Norris in eye for an eye. This movie I had seen,

it was 1981, it was in the theater. I can't remember if it was the main feature, because I know it was a double feature with another action film. karate film which I cannot remember so I'm pretty sure this was the new film that we had went and seen Chuck Norris coming into my life mainly because of Bruce Lee from well back then it was called Return of the Dragon now it's Way of the Dragon which I probably I think it was the the original title but anyway so that's how Chuck Norris

came into my life was through Bruce Lee so I'm like oh this guy's cool cool white guy kicking ass fought Bruce Lee well he lost it but I was like all right cool and then so then I started seeing his name I was really paying attention to that name because I always thought Chuck Norris was an awesome name

so I'm like all right cool let me let me see what else he's got so as the 80s rolled on he was pumping out movies left and right I mean he rolled into the 90s as well

but I was like damn who is this this dude is everywhere majority of his films after no no no no um after the way of the dragon I've seen but not like uh like all the way through

because he was coming out with movies because yeah after way of the dragon return the dragon his name came out to me so I was like okay there was a movie called breaker breaker I saw some of it because for many of my stories My parents took us to the drive-in And I was always look over on the next screen To see what was playing

So pretty much all I think all the movies before iPhone I for an iPhone and I was probably the first one that I'd seen in the theater After that I've seen everything that this man put out Because after break of breaker Good guys wear black I do want to do that one That one I just remember seeing the commercial The TV ad as he's running and jumping and kicks this guy through a windshield.

I remember, oh, that looks awesome. We went to the movies for whatever, and I looked over on the next screen and good guys where Black was playing. So I was like, oh, man, this is awesome. Saw the majority of the film did not hear one word of dialogue. All right, next, 79, a force of one. I remember seeing bits and pieces of it.

I really don't remember. I had seen it after that, but these are all the first times that I've seen this. the octagon which came out in 1980 the beginning of his 80s reign of terror the octagon I I know I snuck in and saw the end

at the theater I can't remember what I went to go see but I remember seeing the octagon was playing upstairs so I went up there and I caught the end and I didn't see the rest of the movie until it came on TV next year an eye for an eye

came out and I was like all right This is what I want to go see. So I believe my brother and I went and seen it. And we just like, oh man, this is awesome. Mainly because this story took place in the Bay Area, where I'm from, Oakland, represent. This all took place in San Francisco, mainly in the downtown area and around the prosidio area that's close to the Golden Gate Bridge. I'll get into more of the 80s goodness. as we roll along with Chuck Norris.

But anyway, an eye for nigh. This movie was cool. I just remember. I remember the trailer or the TV ad and everything. I don't remember ever seen like a trailer when I went to the movie theater. But the trailers, I'm on IMDB, and the trailer's playing right now. And like all the trailers that DeZEZE and I complain about on the East Society, they show the end. so basically the final

kick in this in this movie I was like wait but well I guess they've been doing it way back since in the early 80s and I'm sure they did it in the 70s and everything but this one this movie yes

Chuck Norris Sean Kane he's a San Francisco police officer and going he's undercover narcotics officer he goes to look for these shady guys in I believe

Chinatown and San Francisco this movie just made me miss San Francisco and the Bay I mean all these movies that they take place in the Bay Area

but I remember taking my kids to Chinatown one summer on their spring break which we're on right now I took them to Chinatown

because they love Chinese food and they've only had the best that my area has which is the middle of nowhere which is good not saying it's not good

but um we flew down in san francisco for the day i worked for an airline before you guys think i'm a high roller i'm not anyway so we flew down there we went to chinatown showed them all the things they've never seen before and we went to a restaurant so but some of those spots that i'd showed them were shown uh in this film they show a lot every time they film films in in chinatown san francisco it's pretty much the main the key uh spots of chinatown the the statues the the big thing you drive under. I can't want to. They also show it in big trouble

in Little China. But anyway, if you guys know that movie, you don't talk about. Anyway, so they go into this small little shady little massage parlor type of thing. Oh no, it was like an old hotel. They go in there and they're trying to find these these drug guys. And then all

a sudden, uh, they have another undercover cop with them. He goes in to check it all out and he notices that the person they're looking for he goes, oh, they're not here.

So he's like, all right, cool. So they end up leaving. But then they come across guys that, more shady looking dudes. So they're like, oh, what's going on here? And then all hell breaks loose. So they all kind of make a run for it. And then while they're out in the

in the alley the guys that are coming after them they get into like a quick little small little firefight then there's some some hands thrown and all during this all this time that it's going on it's raining

so they're kind of like all right him and his partner is what's his name he is he's a somebody he's um bernie lomax from uh weekend at bernies what the heck is the name terry is a kisser i think that's a name plays dave pierce uh it's his partner they're kind of they're looking around they don't see anything but when they're in the alley uh this is when they find out that there's some stuff going on so they're not really sure exactly what's happening other than they were looking for someone who was supposed to do it oh the um the other undercover officer that was with them he kind of just basically lured them into the into the alley and then all of a sudden

these guys come out there's a firefight uh he's only Bernie in my eyes Bernie gets blasted and then he ends up getting pinned between these two cars and he gets killed and the the car the car when the car slams into him pins him in between another car explodes uh Bernie gets burnt up and Shane goes running after the guys that killed him. Because there's a bunch of dudes and everyone goes running off. But he lures one guy. He chases one guy up into this room and starts asking him questions. Like, who is this?

What's that? What's going on here? And then he doesn't say nothing. And he ends up Chuck Norris kind of gives him a right cross. And then push, he goes flying out the window. So he sees his buddy's dead. All the police are there. Richard Roundtree is only shaft in my eyes.

Shaft shows up. He starts yelling at what the hell is going on? Why are you doing it? We're trying to do this, but you're messing it all up. And Shane gets so mad because they're not really concerned about his partner. So he kind of like, you know what? Here's my badge. If you guys, I'm out.

So he's kind of like, okay. So he is more than the loss of his buddy And then he Starts to talk to He knows there's something going on So he starts talking to Bernie's girlfriend Her name is Linda Chan

Played by the beautiful Rosa Linda Chow She's been in a ton of things But we're back in the day Not sure if she's still acting today But anyway So he's kind of talking to her Like yeah I think there's something going on And

She knows something's going on but she's not really saying exactly what so he's kind of and she's a a news reporter for the local San Francisco news and she's trying to uncover some stuff and they're not really sure so if we see her she is in the BART station in San Francisco downtown San Francisco I think it was around the from what I from what I can gather watching this was from the the Embarcadero station but this is is when we get the professor. He comes

running after her. If you guys know who he is, he was an awesome wrestler back in the day, and he started doing action martial arts movies. He was also in the running man, the original running man. I want to say he was

was he sub-zero? Was that his, is that who he? Yeah, he was sub-zero in the running man. Also, he was the Butler in Peewee's Big Adventure Francis when Peewee goes to the door knocking

and he opens up the door and also he does he does a dive into the swimming pool when he tries to break over the door so he was that that guy I've always liked

the professor Professor Toro Turo Tanaka he always reminded me of my uncle Robert and I remember watching this movie for the first time i kind of leaning over to my brother and go hey that looks like uncle robert so we would always laugh about that but anyway so professor and some other henchmen they're all running after

um linda so she's just trying to get away and stay at this kind of this point we know she knows something that uh has to deal with her boyfriend's death but we're not really sure so she kind of makes it uh runs away from them runs out on the street jumps to attack taxi cab and then takes off and we're not really sure exactly what's happening she makes it back to her apartment and then she she's holding she has this like a little key it's a little red key okay for you old schoolers oh yeah she made it back to her apartment when she got there when we see the key that we see that the uh the professor and some other henchmen are at her apartment already.

So really quick. For you old schoolers from the Bay, you really, really old schoolers that are probably older than me or my age. Back in the day, they used to have lockers, barstation lockers, like they had at train stations and airports

and all that, but with the way the world's going, got rid of all that. Anyway, because at first I remember seeing the key, I've not seen this movie in a really long time. But when the key pops up, I was like, whoa, those look like. And then they mentioned that it was a key for a Bartlocker.

I was like, oh, my God, cool. Super flashback for me. Anyway, so we see that she gets, basically gets murdered by these henchmen. And they tear apart her house and everything. And Sean finds out, so he goes over there. And then he goes to the sea. The cops are already there. Her upstairs neighbor, what the heck was her name, Heather Sullivan,

she was really close to her. And she kind of tells them, I came down to get something, and I found her like this. And what they did was, I mean, these guys, they murdered her because we see it. But then they also, they set it up as to where she had hung herself. So they're like, all right. So the cops are kind of like, well, that's all pretty much. we can do but Shane is not Shane was Sean he is not having it he's still trying to figure out

All right my buddy's dead now his girlfriend's dead and we don't know what the hell's going on Obviously he kind of thinks it was maybe it was the case that what they were working But they're not really sure so they end up uh he goes Shane goes to the coroner's office to see uh linda's body and then they find out that like uh i don't think she hunger self because this broke that broke all these bones and vertebraes or whatever in her neck and they're saying like yeah this how they found her isn't isn't the cause of her death so now he's really getting pissed because he's seeing flashbacks of his buddy laying they're dead in the in the in the alleyway and everything and then the cops are still kind of like hey man we got it we

got it so Shane is kind of like all right man I need uh some to clear my head so he goes to see uh Mako James Chan was basically uh Linda's dad and he's kind of just going over to give to give him his condolences of uh all right then Miko's her dad linda's dad is kind of like Miko was um the the wizard in the conan series in the the first two and he was also in a another Chuck Norris movie. What that was that movie? It was him. And sidekicks. He was also that guy that was also training them. And oh, I cannot remember that gentleman's name. Rest in peace to him too. But yeah, he was that guy and sidekicks. For those of you that remember that film, I think Brian and I did do that one. But anyway, so he's mad. He wants to know what's going on. And Sean's kind of like,

all right man well we'll we'll figure it out so what those two do is they go and they go to the uh i think it was the the bosses layer no no no um damn i can't remember where where they went they went to no no no i'm sorry they're at i'm jumping ahead to the edge they went to um they're at uh linda's uncle's house or dad's house and he's got this nice house that overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean and part of the bay. It's more on the Pacific Ocean side, on the coastline. So while they're there, well, Sean was going there. There was this helicopter following them, and he doesn't really know what's going on.

But then we turned out that it's these, it's a triad kill force or something, because they try to kill Sean, and they're trying to kill Linda's dad. And all these dudes come in the house and machine guns. can't shoot, even when they're standing two feet in front of you. And so they end up killing all of them, those two. Chuck Norris springs into action. Linda's dad springs into action. He's kicking ass.

Chuck Norris is kicking ass doing his classic spin kicks, which we all love. And we always can't wait to see every time he starts kicking ass, some slow motion and everything. So they end up killing all of these dudes. and then after there they they pull up the sleeve of one of the guys and they see that he's got a triad tattoo on his arm. One of the dudes

was still alive but then they were like well he's not going to talk he'll die before he says anything so Sean is kind of like all right well we know who's doing this now and they still don't know why so he's kind of like all right so he ends up kind of going

to the TV station he had already met Linda's co-worker Heather and she's kind of like yeah I mean we both worked at the same station and if you ever have any questions

man I feel free so they go over there and what he notices that other than Linda had all kinds of recording equipment in her house this is back of the day when cassette tapes ruled

anyway so when he notices all that then he notices okay she was a reporter on TV and Heather was showing him all kinds of of older footage of of Linda and then he's kind of watching it and this old she was doing a story on some kind of shipping shipyard thing and when she's

walking down the the lane there's a guys in the background and they see the they see the dude from the beginning of the film that double-crossed Shane and his partner so he's kind of like looking for him That's who he was looking for after all this because he's the one to set them all up. So he ends up going to some massage parlor and finds out that he's there. And then he's basically saying, I can't tell you anything. If I tell you something, they're going to kill me and all of this. But Chuck Norris, Sean, he don't care.

He ends up kind of beating the shit out of him. Oh, but before all that, the great Christopher Lee, Morgan Canfield, I believe his name. he is the one that runs the the TV station so he knows that Sean's there and he's kind of realizing all right man this guy's poking his nose where it doesn't belong because I mean we all if you know Christopher Lee he's always the bad guy so we know as the audience we know that he's a part of what's going on so he kind of has Sean come up to his office and he talks to him basically all right well I'm here you need anything um I can help you.

So they got some more lead, Sean, and what the hell is Miko's name? James, James Chan, Linda's dad. They go do some more rousing up. They go to some other places, some guy. This is a dude that's been in a ton of things. He's always a funny guy. Stuart Pankin. He plays Nikki LaBelle in this, some kind of pimp or something.

with a bunch of like a high class ladies of the evening. They kind of go there and they get into some more scuffle with some stuff and get a little bit of answers but not really. So, oh, this is where they find the guy that they were looking for that double-crossed him in the beginning of the movie

and that's when he was telling him, yeah, I can't tell you guys but then he ends up kind of just beating the hell out of him. So they're like, okay, they're starting to put more things together. Still, they don't what's going on. They don't know nothing about the key yet, um, as well as, uh, Heather. Because, uh, Heather gets, she's gotten involved now. She comes home. Her house is ram-sacked. So they're kind of like, oh, man, what's going on here? So she's like, I don't know. And he,

and Sean is kind of like, well, do you know what she was doing? What, what kind of story she was doing before? And she's like, nah, I, I don't know. So they're like, all right. So he goes, like, you know what? Why don't you come to my house? My house is probably like the safest place. place in town and you don't have to worry just pack a bag and let's go so they kind of go they do their little thing kind of get to know each other uh sean wakes up in a cold sweat uh because he has a nightmare uh about uh what's going on what have to seeing his friend die and seeing his friend's uh girlfriend's body in the morgue and then heather comes in and ba-to-boom ba-da-bing they do their thing and then they wake up the next morning and do it again and

And so they're like, all right, well, we're done. We did round one and two. So now we're going to go do some detective work. So they ended up going to the actual ship that Linda was talking about. And they're kind of doing some reconnaissance that's not very good because they're trying to be all sneaky with binoculars. But we got the guys on the ship watching them, watch them and all of this. And so Sean's kind of, all right. I think I know what's going on.

I need to get on that ship, but you can't be here. So he ends up taking her home. And he's like, you know what? Just stay here when I leave lock up. And his house is like a fortress. It's got barred gates over the doors and windows and everything. And he lives somewhere along the bay because he's got a boat. So whatever he does, I assume he made tons of money being a detective.

I don't know what they make. But anyway, so he gets to the boat. He goes in there and he does some snooping around. kicks a little ass for a little bit but he finds out what's going on in this ship and that's where I am going to end this review because if you guys have not seen this film I highly recommend it it is on YouTube for those of you that have YouTube premium but it looks like somebody did put it up for free on there because Yeah, it is

Shout Studios. Go to that page. It is on there. So this is the 1981. Chuck Norris, not the 1996 one with Sally Field, Ed Harris, and Kiefer Southern.

That's a good movie too, but it's not that one. So, but yeah, so it's up there for free, for free. And I believe it is also on Toby and Fossum,

whatever that is. Yeah, Tooby, Roku Channel, Pluto TV, all of those are free. So, just got to get through the ads. So, but,

um, yeah, I'm not going to spoil it for those of you. Usually we spoil these old, old movies, but for those of you that haven't seen it, uh, give you a chance to go back and rewatch it if you don't remember what

happened at the end. So, go. and see all the gloriness that is 1981's an eye for an eye with legendary legendary actors

Chuck Norris Christopher Reeve Richard Roundtru Roundt Matt Meko Professor Toro Tanaka and a bunch of other people that are no longer with us so

but all right boys and girls that is it this episode for the action returns quick reviews I know you're probably all into it now I'm not telling you there but yeah go watch a movie you haven't seen or you have not seen in a really long time and enjoy the ending to chuck norris is an eye for an eye all right boys and girls

that is it i'm out of here so until next time be safe out there and party on