“An Eye For An Eye” is a relatively uneventful action picture starring Chuck Norris (“Lone Wolf McQuade”, “Firewalker”). Films like this are often the hardest to review because they are so unremarkable.

Sean Kane (Norris) is a tough San Francisco cop, who hands in his gun and badge after a partner is killed during an ambush. After another friend is also murdered, he decides to take the law into his own hands as he pursues leads in an attempt to find the men responsible. This hunt even sees him teaming up with his old martial arts mentor (Mako “Conan The Barbarian”).

Chuck Norris is completely forgettable here as he is given surprisingly few lines for a main character. His fighting skills are rather impressive still but it’s a shame that he doesn’t get to show them more throughout the duration of the movie. Richard Roundtree (“Shaft”) is somewhat amusing as Captain Stevens, who often gives Kane a grilling for his unorthodox methods. I found Mako’s performance to be more irritating than anything else. Christopher Lee (“The Wicker Man”) is pretty good as the villain but it’s a shame to see such a talented actor in a dud movie like this. Maggie Cooper is okay as Heather, the film’s love interest. The other characters aren’t very impressive.

“An Eye For An Eye” is not Chuck Norris’ best so if you haven’t seen them, try “The Delta Force” and “Lone Wolf McQuade” instead. I’ll admit that I enjoyed the action scenes and some of the other moments provided (unintentional) chuckles but overall, there is very little here to maintain your interest. What we essentially have here is a low budget rip-off of the “Dirty Harry” movies with some karate moves thrown in so if that’s what you want then “An Eye For An Eye” is the movie for you.