Ben Stryker

Ben Stryker is the main hero in the 1985 action film Savage Dawn. 
He is portrayed by , who also played The Father in the 1994 sci-fi action film No Escape.
Benjamin "Ben" Stryker is a former soldier who is a drifter, traveling to visit his friend and fellow soldier, Tick Rand. Stryker is riding on his motorcycle in the desert on his way to a small town in Texas called Agua Dulce. He stops at a gas station to get gas and asks the tendant for directions. Two guys riding on motorcycles stop in, Spyder and Meatrack, they are members of a motorcycle gang called the "Savages". Meatrack and Spyder cause some trouble with the people at the gas station and Stryker comes to help deal with the two.
Stryker arrives at Agua Dulce and at a gas station and asks where he can find Tick Rand. He meets Deputy Joe Bob, the local deputy of the town and Joe Bob wonders what Stryker is doing in town. He tells him he is looking for a friend. A woman comes up to Stryker and gives him a kiss, he realises who she is, Katie Rand, Tick's daughter, who Stryker has not seen since she was a little girl. Deputy Joe Bob tells Stryker about the contest they are having and hopes he will be there. Katie tells him where Tick is at, at the old mine. Katie tells Stryker that she will cook him a steak for lunch. Stryker gives her a ride home to their house outside in the desert.
Stryker goes to the mine to sees Tick's son Danny at the opening of the mine. Stryker tells Danny he will give him a ride on the bike later. Tick and Tick is pleased to see him. Stryker and Tick talk about the good times they had and some bad times while working for the "Company". Tick designed weapons for the "Company" and still designs some weapons, but for himself. Tick tells Stryker about the town dying some. The river dried up, the gold is not easy to get to. Tick tells Stryker he wants to give the town some hope. He asks Stryker what he is looking forward to. Stryker responds "That nice thick juicy steak that Katie is going to cook for me". Later on, Stryker takes Danny for a ride on his motorcycle out in the desert and they see the "Savages" bullying a man and a woman and a few of the Savages rape Becky Sue. Danny suggests they go help, Stryker says there are nearly 25 of them and two of us. Stryker hands Danny a knife and says "You do it", Danny replies "funny".
Stryker and Tick are at the local bar in town called the "Tomkat" having a few beers. A contest is going there, a fight contest to see who is tough, whoever wins the fight wins $500, they would have to fight Deputy Joe Bob. Styker meets Rachel, the waitress at the bar. Danny joins them at the bar. Deputy Joe Bob offers a challenge to Stryker and he refuses. Later on at the bar, the "Savages" arrive and are about to start trouble, Pigiron, the leader of the Savages comes in and he wants to challenge Joe Bob. Meatrack and Spyder recognize Stryker and Pigiron tells them, you don't want to fuck with him. Pigiron insults Joe Bob and Zero, one of the other members of the Savages wants to fight Joe Bob. They go at it and Joe Bob is winning, but Pigiron comes in and punches Joe Bob out. Rachel rewards Zero with the money but the bar owner takes it away. The Sheriff and arrives and he and the mayor, Reverend Romano, makes the Savages leave. The sheriff keeps Zero to let them know they are serious. Pigiron tells him that is a big mistake, Rachel joins the Savages.
The next day, Stryker sees some of the Savages causing trouble with Danny and his girlfriend, Fran. They drag Danny by a rope on a bike and Stryker saves Danny and deals with some of the the Savages while Pigiron watches. Pigiron tells Stryker now it is personal. Stryker and Katie take care of Danny. Stryker tells Tick the shit hit the fan. At the mine, Tick shows Stryker his weapons he made. Some of the Savages arrive at the mine, Meatrack makes a threat to him and tells him he is his worst nightmare come true.
Later on that night, the Savages take over Agua Dulce and cause havoc. Later on, Reverend Romano drives to Tick's house and asks him and Stryker for help and discover Spyder in the back of the car and tells them they possess a machine with a lot of metal and firepower. Stryker, angry thows Spyder in the car and makes Reverend Romano leave. Stryker realises they have a tank and does not like the idea of Tick wanting to take them into a firefight that is is insane and suicidal. Tick tells Stryker that the mine shaft goes clear through the mountain and to the center of town and they have the element of surprise, with the weapons Tick has, Tick believes that he and Stryker can do it, but Stryker does not want to take the people he cares about into a firefight. Tick does go into town along with Danny. Danny and Katie are getting ready to fight back with the help of a few townspeople. Katie would distract Pigiron by telling him he wants him and Rachel gets pissed off and her and Katie would fight. Pigiron loves a good cat fight, while being distracted, Tick, Danny, Willie, Willie who is mentally challenged got his doll cut up by one of the Savages. The gas station gets blown up by the fire with the bag of gasoline in it cause of Danny. Tick puts a grenade in Willie's doll and has him throw it into one of the machines the Savages are driving. A man on a motorcycle rides in; it is Stryker. A grenade is thrown into the tank, it goes out of control, and runs over Rachel. Pigiron is angry, so he shoots Tick with a machine gun. Stryker runs over, and Tick dies. Stryker now wants revenge for the death of Tick, so he kills some of the "Savages". Pigiron and Stryker meet up, they fight, and Stryker kills Pigiron with the tank's small rocket launcher.
Stryker, looking at Danny and Katie with sadness and a stern look, leaves to go after the other Savages that have escaped. Spyder, Meatrack, and another biker escape. Stryker is hot on their tail; he causes one member to crash into a spike on a tractor. Stryker ends up at the Agua Dulce Refinery and deals with Spyder, throwing him off the side of the steps, then he lassos Meatrack with a rope, causing him to go up through an open spiked walkway. The "Savages" are defeated, and Stryker walks off onto the train track, having lost his good friend Tick. Walking away alone.
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