NIGHTHAWKS (1981)- Sylvester Stallone REVISITED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1-dIehe6u8
After the mammoth success of Rocky II in 1979 Stallone’s star was solidified and he picked the 80’s yet feels like the 70’s action thriller NIGHTHAWKS as his next project. Why? Well he said that the material resonated with him. Good enough for me!share
What’s it’s about? Stallone pimping a Serpico beard, a badass leather jacket and at his most epic when it comes to his killer thousand-yard stares that he has since used many of time in films like First Blood, Cobra etc. What else does one need to know? Episode done! Thank you for watching! Just kidding.
NIGHTHAWKS is about two cops named Deke DaSilva and Matthew Fox, played by Stallone and Billy Dee Williams, who are on the hunt for Wulfgar, a bomb happy international terrorist played by the late and great Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in his first American role. It’s a gritty, old school and fairly engaging flick from start to finish. A visceral game of cat-and-mouse if you will, two men on opposite sides of the law on a collision course. Taking into account its sordid production history, it’s a tad of a miracle that it came out as good as it did. Let’s dive in! Plus, some scoop on the upcoming NIGHTHAWKS remake!