Night Hawk (1981)

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Movie
German title Night hawk
Original title Nighthawks
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1981
length 95 minutes
uncut: 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Bruce Malmuth
script David Shaber
production Herb Nanas
Martin Poll
music Keith Emerson
camera James A. Contner
cut Stanford C. Allen
Christopher Holmes
occupation

Nighthawks (Nighthawks) is an American action movie of Bruce Malmuth from the year 1981 .

action

In New York City cop Deke DaSilva and Matthew Fox are partners working. They often work at night. At the beginning of the film, a man threatens a woman with a knife. The supposed woman turns out to be DaSilva with a wig who overpowers the attacker.

The terrorist Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar blows up a department store in London , later he kills three policemen and a henchman who led the police to him. He escapes to Paris , where he undergoes plastic surgery. He then kills the surgeon and travels to New York City.

British counter-terrorism expert Peter Hartman briefs New York police officers about Wulfgar. DaSilva downplays the danger. He and his partner pursue Wulfgar, who injures Fox and escapes.

Wulfgar and his accomplice Shakka Holland kidnap a cabin on the Roosevelt Island Tramway that contains United Nations employees . Wulfgar kills a woman, later he escapes on a bus and goes to the house of DaSilva's ex-wife, Irene. There he is surprised by DaSilva disguised as a woman. DaSilva shoots the terrorist.

Reviews

Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times on April 10, 1981 that films like this had been seen before. Its elements are well known, but they are put together in a way that is refreshing. Bruce Malmuth's direction makes the film “poor”, but “fast-paced” and “very lively”.

"Ideologically blurred, implausible action film, which on the one hand belittles terrorists as psychopathic loners, but on the other hand pleads for a" violent solution. "

- Lexicon of international film

“An almost forgotten B-ripper with nostalgic action. For Stoiker Stallone it was the first big appearance in the action genre. Rutger Hauer rose with his role in the first rogue league. Conclusion: gripping stars in old-school action. "

- Cinema

background

The film was shot in New York City , London and Paris . Its production amounted to an estimated five million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 14.9 million in US cinemas.

The London department store that was bombed at the beginning of the film was Arding & Hobbs in Clapham , which was part of the Allders group at the time of filming . The department store still exists today, outwardly almost unchanged. In 2005 it was taken over by Debenhams .

In the German dubbed version, Wulfgar is from the Netherlands, but in the original he is German and was born in Frankfurt. In the original sequence in the Paris church, Wulfgar speaks the entire dialogue with Shakka in German.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review by Janet Maslin
  2. ↑ Night Hawk. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Nachtfalken on cinema.de
  4. ^ Filming locations for Nighthawks
  5. ↑ Box office / business for Nighthawks