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The Wraith
He's not from around here...
He's not from around here...
Action, Science Fiction - 1986
6.0
36%
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Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
1 Oct 1986
Country:
US, CA
Languages:
English
Budget:
$2,700,000
Revenue:
$3,500,000
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Mr. Cassavetes is effectively black-hearted, and makes a striking figure, and Randy Quaid does a lot with the underdeveloped role of a local sheriff.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
There is all too little of the quietly charismatic Sheen and all too much of Cassavetes, who is a dead ringer for the young Hugh Hefner.
– Paul Attanasio,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The town (comprising one house, a burger joint and no citizen who isn't a teenager or a cop) is overseen by Sheriff Randy Quaid, who displays all the reverence the script deserves.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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