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Fresh from mounting a devastating bomb attack in London, an international terrorist arrives in New York and remains intent upon wreaking further havoc. His preparation is clinical and thorough but...
- (24)
- Bruce Malmuth
- R
- Sylvester Stallone
Nighthawks, an aggressively shallow police thriller pitting New York undercover cops against international terrorists. Full Review | Dec 18, 2015
The urban crime thriller took the best elements of the grounded 1970s films but explored them through the format of a buddy-cop story. It pinpoints a “passing of the torch” moment in cinema ...
- Liam Gaughan
- Senior Author
Nighthawks: Directed by Bruce Malmuth, Gary Nelson, Sylvester Stallone. With Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta. When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
- (22K)
- 1981-04-10
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- 99
Nighthawks was a gritty, violent, down and dirty thriller which brought out the best in Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer as the two charismatic leads. Underrated on release, it's still well worth the time.
In London, a brown-haired terrorist tells a shopgirl how pretty she is, then plants a bomb near her counter. In New York, Mr. Stallone, as an undercover cop, makes a collar, aided by Billy Dee ...
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Nighthawks, a cops 'n' robbers thriller with terrorists where the robbers should be and cops as counter-terrorists, has a dirty job to do and does it. That is not an endorsement. Thumbscrews and cattle prods are real good at what they do, too.
