I think the first time I watched Night Hawks was on cable. Where you fall asleep with the tv on and wake up and it's on. Actually just rewatched it recently. Definitely a 5 Tape. Really enjoy it. Sidenote: yet another reason Rutger Hauer was so underrated as an actor. Great in this
I love, love, LOVE Night Hawks… I even wrote a review about it years ago… I would love to see a completely uncut version of it though… Sadly, I don’t think that’s ever going to happen… Oh, and the beautiful Catherine Mary Stewart actually has a brief scene in Night Hawks too…
Crazy but true: I went to see this, knowing nothing about, based entirely on that KEITH EMERSON did the music. Decades later, I learned what I had long suspected. This started life as "FRENCH CONNECTION 3", but Gene Hackman dropped out. Nigel Davenport was "Van Helsing" in the Dan Curtis-Jack Palance DRACULA. This was Rutger Hauer's 1st US film. I once rode that tram and had to force myself not to stand up and say, "ANYONE HERE SEEN NIGHTHAWKS?" Most of the subplot with DeSilva's wife was cut. Also, most of the shots at the end were cut. Stallone fires twice, but Hauer's got at least 6 bullet holes in him. WTF? For many years, this was my top film that I wished they'd do a sequel to. (This and BUCKAROO BANZAI.) Never happened. For many years, "music rights" issues forced them to change a couple songs on home video, but Shout Factory's version FIXED that problem. (Now I gotta get a new copy of it! I'm still watching the tape I recorded off HBO.) EVERYONE I ever played this movie for LOVED it, including my Dad, partly because, it NEVER SLOWS DOWN. Years later, I wrote a whole series of "crime comedies" where a fictional character of mine was recruited to TRAIN an anti-terrorist taskforce, like the one seen in THIS movie.
Great show as always guys. Love this movie, Stallone once stated that this and Paradise Alley were two of his most underapreciated movies, totally agree. BTW the soccer movie was Victory or Escape to Victory depending where you are. Even though I hate soccer I still thoroughly recommend it.
Stallone's films just have a level of grittiness and realness that just gives them an extra edge. The action scenes have a real feel to them and feel less choreographed compared to others. The stunt scenes can be a bit over the top. I still like Cobra better :) that made me fear the pentagram.
I think the first time I watched Night Hawks was on cable. Where you fall asleep with the tv on and wake up and it's on. Actually just rewatched it recently. Definitely a 5 Tape. Really enjoy it. Sidenote: yet another reason Rutger Hauer was so underrated as an actor. Great in this
I love, love, LOVE Night Hawks… I even wrote a review about it years ago… I would love to see a completely uncut version of it though… Sadly, I don’t think that’s ever going to happen… Oh, and the beautiful Catherine Mary Stewart actually has a brief scene in Night Hawks too…
Crazy but true: I went to see this, knowing nothing about, based entirely on that KEITH EMERSON did the music. Decades later, I learned what I had long suspected. This started life as "FRENCH CONNECTION 3", but Gene Hackman dropped out. Nigel Davenport was "Van Helsing" in the Dan Curtis-Jack Palance DRACULA. This was Rutger Hauer's 1st US film. I once rode that tram and had to force myself not to stand up and say, "ANYONE HERE SEEN NIGHTHAWKS?" Most of the subplot with DeSilva's wife was cut. Also, most of the shots at the end were cut. Stallone fires twice, but Hauer's got at least 6 bullet holes in him. WTF? For many years, this was my top film that I wished they'd do a sequel to. (This and BUCKAROO BANZAI.) Never happened. For many years, "music rights" issues forced them to change a couple songs on home video, but Shout Factory's version FIXED that problem. (Now I gotta get a new copy of it! I'm still watching the tape I recorded off HBO.) EVERYONE I ever played this movie for LOVED it, including my Dad, partly because, it NEVER SLOWS DOWN.
Years later, I wrote a whole series of "crime comedies" where a fictional character of mine was recruited to TRAIN an anti-terrorist taskforce, like the one seen in THIS movie.
Great show as always guys. Love this movie, Stallone once stated that this and Paradise Alley were two of his most underapreciated movies, totally agree. BTW the soccer movie was Victory or Escape to Victory depending where you are. Even though I hate soccer I still thoroughly recommend it.
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Stallone's films just have a level of grittiness and realness that just gives them an extra edge. The action scenes have a real feel to them and feel less choreographed compared to others. The stunt scenes can be a bit over the top. I still like Cobra better :) that made me fear the pentagram.
I’m with you. I love Cobra. And that car!
Tyson knows what's what, for shame Joel
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