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
The Wraith
He's not from around here...
1986 · 1h 33m · PG-13
Action, Science Fiction
Directed by
Mike Marvin
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
The Wraith
Overview
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...
Director and cast
- Mike Marvin Director
- Charlie Sheen as Jake Kesey / The Wraith
- Nick Cassavetes as Packard Walsh
- Sherilyn Fenn as Keri Johnson
- Randy Quaid as Sheriff Loomis
- Matthew Barry as Billy Hankins
- Clint Howard as Rughead
- David Sherrill as Skank
- Jamie Bozian as Gutterboy
- Griffin O'Neal as Oggie
- Chris Nash as Minty
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
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
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
More films
Furious 7 (2015)
Action · Crime · Thriller · PG-13
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Director
- James Wan
- Cast
- Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham
IMDb
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
67
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Action · Comedy · Science Fiction · R
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has ...
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Director
- Paul Bartel
- Cast
- David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone
IMDb
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
58
Death Race (2008)
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · R
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come tog...
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Paul W. S. Anderson
- Cast
- Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane
IMDb
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes
41%
Metacritic
43
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned (2022)
Action · Comedy · Fantasy · PG-13
When Sheriff Roy Pulsipher finds himself in the afterlife, he joins a special police force and returns to Earth to save humanity from the undead.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Cast
- Jeffrey Donovan, Penelope Mitchell, Jake Choi
IMDb
4.6
The Warrior's Way (2010)
Action · Adventure · Fantasy · Thriller · Western · R
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Lee Seung-moo
- Cast
- Jang Dong-gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
29%
Metacritic
45
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
IMDb
5.8
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members