Billy Dee Williams, Hilary Thompson, Joe Spinell

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.

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R, 99 min.

Directed by: Bruce Malmuth

Release Date: April 4, 1981

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DVD Release Date: October 19, 1999

 

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  • September 13, 2007
    One of the most underrated cop/thrillers around. One of Stallone's best perforrmances.
  • September 9, 2008
    A highly underatted 80's thriller. Rutger Hauer gives a great performance as a terrorist planning to blow up New York. The only thing is, super cop Stallone is out to stop him. Check it out
  • October 7, 2009
    Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams together in this exciting suspensful cop thriller.
  • October 4, 2009
    saw it because of Sly~then, I 'met' Rutger Hauer~wow
  • September 22, 2009
    its a nice movie very timely to the situation now.
  • August 7, 2009
    I gave it an extra half star b/c of the famous ending...where Stallone dons a lady's wig to fool Rutger Hauer...did I just give it away?
  • July 1, 2009
    Sylvester Stallone's best film and one of the best films of the 80's. This is a tough thriller centred around a terrorist named Wolfgar, who is intent on bringing New York to its knees. A strong and vivid thriller that has a brilliant music score, well-staged disco sequences, an ...( read more)intense chase sequence through the New York City subway and realistic performances throughout. 10/10.
  • May 26, 2009
    Three words:
    OH MY GOD!
    This movie is getting two stars based on the comedic value of the seriousness of this movie alone!
    Bombings all over Europe! A discredited terrorist, reminiscent of Carlos The Jackal -played by Rutger Hauer.
    This, is probably the first and only serious th...( read more)ing about this movie...
    But, as for Sly and Williams -70s fashion just going out, as we move into the 80s -the 70s swagger, as they walk around, the leather jackets, long, thick hair, Sly in sunglasses for the duration ...You cannot watch this movie without laughing, anymore.
    It was mildly entertaining, to a degree.
    I totally dug Hauer's performance ...Laughed at Sly freezing up every time Hauer got close to him and not being able to shoot -til Williams gets stabbed, of course!
    Hauer blows shit up, kill people -as most terrorists do ...and professes that he hates killing, but thats his job!
    He even had the decency to have a baby winched down off a cable car -What a Leg end!
    Good stuff, folks. If theres nothing on tv, watch this movie lmao
  • April 9, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested.
  • January 19, 2009
    Rutger Hauer is mesmerizing.

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