Savage Dawn

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Movie Info

A motorcycle gang invades a small desert town, terrorizing everyone. Nobody's able to stop them until an ex-Vietnam combat hero (Lance Henriksen) arrives to visit a friend (George Kennedy). Although he'd hoped there would be no more violence in his life, he finds it impossible to ignore the confrontational behavior of the bikers and gives them more than they can handle when he starts striking back.

Rating:

R (adult situations/language, violence)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama
Directed By:

Simon Nuchtern
Written By:

William P. Milling
In Theaters:

Dec 21, 1985 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Oct 16, 2007
Runtime:

102 minutes
Studio:

Media Home Entertainment

Cast

George Kennedy
as Tick Rand

Lance Henriksen
as Ben Stryker

Karen Black
as Rachel Wade

Richard Lynch
as Reverend Romano

Claudia Udy
as Kate Rand

William Forsythe

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Dec 28, 2010

not that great 80s biker action flick concerning bikers coming to a town and taking over and former militery people played by lance henriksen and wheelchair bound george kennedy, having to take it in there hands, there are some typical 80s moments which add to it sometimes but overall its very uneven and at times dull

scott g Super Reviewer
Jan 18, 2009

It was a good basic story, "tortured hero saves town from bikers." They simply didn't have the money to make it into more than a B movie.

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