The Wraith
“He's not from around here...”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 59, rated by 1 admin.
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A mysterious driver takes on an Arizona racing gang in a supernatural revenge tale. The car and desert action supply genuine appeal; the vague afterlife rules and broad delinquent melodrama make the surrounding world a particularly neon 1980s invention.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 2/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The afterlife has acquired a very fast company car.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 59
Synopsis and movie facts
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...
- Released
- 1986
- Directed by
- Mike Marvin
- Running time
- 93 min
Starring
- 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
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