| Silent Rage | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Michael Miller |
| Produced by | Anthony B. Unger |
| Written by | Edward Di Lorenzo Joseph Fraley |
| Starring | Chuck Norris Ron Silver Stephen Furst Toni Kalem Steven Keats Brian Libby |
| Music by | Peter Bernstein Mark Goldenberg |
| Cinematography | Robert C, Jessup Neil Roach |
| Editing by | Richard C. Meyer |
| Studio | Topkick Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 2, 1982 August 19, 1982 September 30, 1982 October 1, 1982 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $10,490,791 (US)[1] |
Silent Rage is a 1982 romantic/action/science fiction/horror movie starring Chuck Norris and directed by Michael Miller.[2]
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In a small Texas town, the mentally ill John Kirby (Brian Libby) goes insane and kills two people of a family he was staying with. Sheriff Dan Stevens (Chuck Norris) and his deputy Charlie (Stephen Furst) respond and eventually arrest Kirby, but Kirby breaks out of the handcuffs, hits other officers and grabs one of their guns, forcing the officers to open fire and shoot Kirby. Kirby suffers severe gunshot wounds and is near death.
Kirby is transported to an institute where his psychiatrist, Tom Halman (Ron Silver), works along with Medical Doctors Spires and Vaughn (Steven Keats and William Finley respectively), who are also genetic engineers. In an attempt to save Kirby, Dr. Spires suggests that they use the formula they created. However, Dr. Halman objects in light of Kirby's psychosis. Dr. Spires first decides that Halman is right, but then ignores the consequences and proceeds to use the formula once Dr. Halman leaves. The formula makes Kirby nearly invulnerable, leading to the deaths of many more people (which includes Halman and his wife, the two doctors who revived him and Charlie).
Sheriff Stevens tracks down Kirby in the hope that he can put an end to the carnage. He finally finds Kirby and is able to throw him down a well. As Stevens leaves, however, Kirby's head comes out of the water, meaning he was not killed, at which point the film ends.
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Columbia Pictures in April 1982. It grossed $10,490,791 at the box office.[1]
The film was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2001.[3]
The film was remade in 2009 as Indestructible. [4]