Nighthawks

It's a little dated now, but NIGHTHAWKS is still interesting. Stallone's character is an INTELLIGENT, SENSITIVE guy who finds it really hard to put aside his training to become an anti-terrorist force. Rutger Hauer is as creepy as ever. I really like this movie and watch it whenever it turns up on cable, as it frequently does.

"Nighthawks" stars Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams as NYPD detectives DeSilva and Fox assigned to a special anti-terrorist squad. The world's most wanted terrorist, Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer), shows up in town to disrupt the United Nations. The story line is a little "cheesy", but acceptable. Stallone and Williams offer fine performances. Rutger Hauer steals the movie as the chilling and truly scary terrorist. He is GREAT! One of the best scenes ever in a cops 'n robbers movie is the disco scene in which Stallone and Williams have only a composite drawing of the suspect.

This movie is a rather good and interesting watch. Not really the typical Sylvester Stallone movie as he is not the super cop by any means in this movie. It also helps that there are fine performances all around as Billy Dee Williams is good as Stallone's partner and Hauer steals the show as a ruthless terrorist. The plot is good and interesting and it never lets up. It also has a nice conclusion as well. The story has Stallone as a cop trying to stop an international terrorist, but he just does not seem sure of the right way to go about it. He seems conflicted about how to go about catching him while the terrorist has no such issues so lets just say he has the advantage through a lot of this movie. The exchanges between Stallone and Williams work out quite nicely and all in all this movie is a nice departure from Stallone being the slow, but really good boxer or the nearly indestructible Vietnam veteran. He is not a super cop either just one with some issues.

Det. Sgt. Deke Dasilva (Sylvester Stalone, in his best movie ever) is a tough N.Y. detective and works with Det. Sgt. Matthew Fox (Billy Dee Williams). They two are assigned to combat Wulfgar (Hutger Hauer), a German terrorist who is threatening New York City. A trainer comes from Europe to provide special training of how fight against terrorism to the police force. This movie is one of the best action movies of the Eighties. Sylvester Stalone has a great performance and Hutger Hauer is perfect as a cold-blooded killer terrorist. The story and the characters are very well developed and the thriller is intense. Yesterday I watched this movie again, now on DVD. The DVD released in Brazil does not offer any extra other than the trailer of this great movie. My vote is nine.

This is one of the best action movies out there, even to this day. It's a must see especially for Stallone fans. If he chose more of this type of movie, he would be much more respected in Hollywood. Rutger Hauer is awesome as Wulfgar, the international terrorist. All performances are notable, Billy Dee Williams/Sylvester Stallone pairing works well. Stallone really is a great actor, given the right material, and this one certainly provides it. It's a shame he sold out with the "Rocky" sequels.

It was 1981 and the world had just gone through a decade of terrorism. Casting Rutger Hauer and Persis Khambatta (she was the bald woman in the original Star Trek movie) as heartlessly cold terrorists was great casting! Billy Dee Williams and Stallone as street cops suddenly transferred to a terrorist unit do a good job. Stallone had not become a parody of himself yet and his diction is better here than it had ever been up to then. The movie's pace is unrelenting. This is a movie that I almost always have to stop and watch, easily getting swiped up into the story again and again, when I see it on television. Excellent twist ending and monorail scene. Recommended highly.

This Sylvester Stallone movie may be his best because, unlike most of his more famous roles over the years, this is very believable. He isn't Rambo or Rocky...just a tough New York City cop. Stallone and partner Billy Dee Williams team up in an attempt to stop a terrifying international terrorist (Rutger Hauer) before he kills more people. All three of those actors are riveting in this rough, gritty film. I thought so much of this movie that I bought it twice. The first DVD that came out was fullscreen, no stereo and grainy. Later, they issued a better widescreen print and it was worth upgrading. The movie is a top-notch thriller start-to-finish and Hauer makes an outstanding villain. It might be a cliché but this film always "kept m on the edge of my seat. "