Band Of The Hand (1986)
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14% of critics liked it
(7 reviews) -
52% of users liked it
(2,638 ratings)
Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser warmed the director's chair for Band of the Hand. The film zeroes in on five juvenile delinquents who are plucked from their various detention facilities and unceremoniously dumped in the wilds of the Everglades. The boys begin to panic until… More Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser warmed the director's chair for Band of the Hand. The film zeroes in on five juvenile delinquents who are plucked from their various detention facilities and unceremoniously dumped in the wilds of the Everglades. The boys begin to panic until hardcase Vietnam veteran Stephen Lang arrives. Lang explains that they've been paroled in his custody, and that it is his task to teach them how to work as a team in order to survive. The logic of this plan is to whip the boys into an elite vigilante unit, then sic them on the various drug dealers of America. The film features early performances by Lauren Holly and Larry Fishburne and Bob Dylan can be heard singing the title song. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Paul Michael Glaser
- Written By
- Jack Baran, Leo Garen
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 11, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
It plays like a TV pilot filled out with a few cusswords and strokes of excess violence.
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Dullsville
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
If you somehow remember this one with some fondness, do yourself a favor and never see it again.
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Gil Jawetz, DVDTalk.com
It's the closest any film of the era comes to predicting the mission-based Miami world of the recent video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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Cast
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Stephen Lang
as Joe
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Michael Carmine
as Ruben
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Lauren Holly
as Nikki
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John Cameron Mitchell
as J.L.
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Daniele Quinn
as Carlos
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James Remar
as Nestor
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Leon
as Moss
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Al Shannon
as Dorcey
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Danton Stone
as Aldo
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Paul Calderon
as Tito
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Laurence Fishburne
as Cream
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Tony Bolano
as Felix
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Julian Byrd
as J.L.'s Father
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Dan Fitzgerald
as cop
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Frank Gilbert
as Antione
- Gerrit Graham
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Michael Gregory
as Van Guard
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Erla Julmiste
as Celeste
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Deborah King
as Yvette
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Joe Petrullo
as Narc
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Bill Smitrovich
as Chavez
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Christopher Berry
as Moss' Clipboard Guard
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D. Blakely
as Guard
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Matt Buther
as Cop
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Carl Cofield
as 27th Avenue Player
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Colman
as Helicopter Pilot
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Antoni Corone
as Narc
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Roy Datz
as Rene
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T.R. Durphy
as Drug Dealer
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Eddie Edenfield
as Counselor #1
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James Eros
as Hakim
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Peter Fournier
as Ruben's Clipboard Guard
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Allyson Garret
as J.L.'s Sister
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Sandy Mielke
as Reception Guard
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Joan Murphy
as J.L.'s Mother
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Nelson Orames
as Officer
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Jimi Ruccolo
as Diablo
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Luis Valderrama
as Chooch
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Jim Zubiena
as Officer
- Pat McCorkle
