Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 2, 2017 14:58:27 GMT
"I don't know, but whoever he was, he's weird and pissed off!"
For a while now, the ruthless gang leader Packard Walsh (Nick Cassavetes) and his men have been terrorizing a small town and it's citizens with little or no interference from any bystanders.
But one night, a mysterious and fearless avenger (Charlie Sheen) appears out of nowhere in a futuristic vehicle in the middle of the desert, and with only one goal.
Which is to help Walsh and his goons to freshen up on their memory, especially of a certain tragic incident, which took place several years ago.
The 80s sure did provide us with some of the coolest looking car/vehicle movies/TV-shows with a string of classics such as The Cannonball Run series (1981-1989), Knight Rider (1982-1986), Christine (1983), D.C. Cab (1983), Repo Man (1984), Airwolf (1984-1986), Black Moon Rising (1986), Maximum Overdrive (1986), The Hitcher (1986), No Man's Land (1987) and Cherry 2000 (1987) to just name a few.
Anyway, with The Wraith, you end up with one of the most 80s looking and sounding films of them all, as it comes along with a futuristic car, Clint Howard sporting one hell of a hairstyle, the hilarious sidekick duo that is Skank and Gutterboy, Randy Quaid as the towns sheriff, the always memorable and sadistic 80s villain played to the extreme by Nick Cassavetes, a fantastic soundtrack including Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Robert Palmer, Stan Bush, Mötley Crüe and La Marca and of course the icing on the cake is to watch a stunning Sherilyn Fenn in one of my favorite 80s action-sci-fi adventures, and which is always a riot to catch late at night during the hot summer time.
