An Eye for an Eye is a 1981 American crime action film directed by Steve Carver, and starring Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Matt Clark, Mako Iwamatsu, and Maggie Cooper.
Sean Kane (Norris) is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Not to be confused with the 1996 film Eye for an Eye starring Sally Field, Ed Harris, and Kiefer Sutherland, or or with the 1966 film An Eye for an Eye starring Robert Lansing, Patrick Wayne, and Slim Pickens.
This film provides examples of:
- Billed Above the Title: The poster reads:Chuck Norris as "Kane" in An Eye for an Eye
- One-Man Army: Kane is played by Chuck Norris after all...
- The Triads and the Tongs: Kane and his partner were working on an assignment connected to a smuggling operation involving the Chinese Triad.