Nighthawks (1981)

Director:

Bruce Malmuth

Writers:

David Shaber (story) and
Paul Sylbert (story) ...

Release Date:

4 abril 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Frase comercial:

Wulfgar, an international terrorist holds the City of New York hostage, but Deke DaSilva, the most dangerous cop known to man, can take him down.

Plot:

Conservative street cop DaSilva reluctantly agrees to terminate an international terrorist who has demanded media attention. But DaSilva's "at-home" tactics are very much put to the challenge.

Plot Keywords:

Anti Terrorism | Police | El Train | Bus | Cable Car

Comentarios de los usuarios:

You can always count on a cross-dressing Sylvester Stallone to save the day...

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva
Billy Dee Williams	...	Det. Sgt. Matthew Fox
Lindsay Wagner	...	Irene
Persis Khambatta	...	Shakka Holland
Nigel Davenport	...	Peter Hartman
Rutger Hauer	...	Wulfgar
Hilary Thompson	...	Pam (as Hilarie Thompson)
Joe Spinell	...	Lt. Munafo
Walter Mathews	...	Commissioner
E. Brian Dean	...	Sergeant
Caesar Cordova	...	Puerto Rican Proprietor
Charles Duval	...	Dr. Ghiselin
Tony Munafo	...	Big Mike
Howard Stein	...	Disco Manager
Tawn Christian	...	Disco Hostess

También conocida como:

Night Hawks (USA)
Chacal, El (Venezuela) [es]
Halcones de la noche, Los (Spain) [es]

Duración:

99 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

French | German | English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Ireland:15 | Australia:R (DVD rating) | West Germany:16 | USA:R (certificate #26087) | Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-18 | Norway:16 (1981) | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

174th Street IRT Subway Station, 900 East 174th Street, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

The IND Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn was used for both the 57th St. and 42nd St. subway station scenes. The train, consisting of retired equipment, operated on one of the unused outer tracks.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Fox is loading his rifle just before the confrontation at the bus, you can clearly see the crimped ends of the blank rounds he's loading.

Quotes:

Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar: There is no security.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I'm a Man

You can always count on a cross-dressing Sylvester Stallone to save the day...

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

From the on-set of the film,with Stallone chasing a crook wearing girl's tights and skirt (and coat),to the preposterous climax,this appears to be the highlight of the film.

This early action feature has the drawling stallion as undercover cop Deke De Silva who,along with his partner Fox (Billy Dee Williams),sets muggers up as bait on the streets of New York.Cut to London,New Years Eve.Lone terrorist Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer) sets off the first of what are to be a series of bombs in a store.Cut back to New York,and De Silva and Fox are managing their operations fairly successfully.But they're loose cannons at the mercy of their captain,who all of a sudden transfers them to the anti-terrorist unit.It is here that they become embroiled in the mission to catch Wulfgar before he wages total destruction.

As I stated,this is an early Stallone action flick.It's directed by Bruce Malmuth,who would later go on to helm the Steven Seagal flick Hard to Kill and the Dolph Lundgren flick Pentathlon.It features Stallone in the lead role as the hero,which he would go on to play to far more memorable effect (unless you regarded him as more of an anti-hero) one year later in the film First Blood,and Hauer as the villain,which he would,ironically,go on to play to more memorable effect one year later in Blade Runner.Both play their respective roles with the relish that would eventually lead to the greater things they would go on to acheive,Hauer especially who'd developed his menacing edge masterfully by the time he'd starred in The Hitcher.

The film is fairly entertaining but unremarkable.***