The Wraith

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1h 32m

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The mysterious driver (Charlie Sheen) of a turbocharged domestic car drag-races an Arizona hot rodder (Nick Cassavetes) in the desert.

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Bobby C

This movie is so much fun!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/24

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Dave C

It's a typical 80's movie, with action and an element of fantasy that is trying to be Sci-Fi but fails miserably. It's an extremely shallow, basic movie, with little depth, requiring limited acting, and driven by (boom boom) car chases and ridiculous crashes that all have too many similarities to make them appealing or thrilling. As for the directing and script, you may as well have hired a team of monkeys…

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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MrDontCare

Such a fantastic movie. If you love cars, sprinkled with a pinch of SCIFI, you love this movie. Such a 80s underrated film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/23

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Atom H

One of my favorite 80s teen revenge movies with sci-fi elements and horror. Cool car - Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor. Campy and fun, Sherilyn Fenn!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/20/23

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Luis C

By far one of my favorite car movies of all time !!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/04/23

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kevin P

Good low budget popcorn movie, mindless fun, wish they'd have done more with Jake's backstory. Decently entertaining cult film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/01/23

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Mike Marvin

Director

Charlie Sheen

Jake Kesey

Nick Cassavetes

Packard Walsh

Griffin O'Neal

Oggie

Randy Quaid

Sheriff Loomis

Sherilyn Fenn

Keri Johnson

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Time Out

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.

Jan 26, 2006

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 30, 2004

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

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.

Jan 1, 2000

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a sluggish thriller that suffers from a lack of cohesiveness in its half-baked narrative...

Rated: 2/4

Sep 23, 2020

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

It does not achieve the same absurdist grandeur of, say, "Sky Bandits" or "Mannequin," which are essentially live action cartoons. But it means well.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 3, 2020

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

The kind of revenge B movie you can enjoy thanks to its eccentric tone and unique hero.

Oct 20, 2016

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Synopsis

The mysterious driver (Charlie Sheen) of a turbocharged domestic car drag-races an Arizona hot rodder (Nick Cassavetes) in the desert.

Director: Mike Marvin
Producer: Buck Houghton
Screenwriter: Mike Marvin
Production Co: Turbo Productions, New Century Entertainment Corporation, Alliance Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 1986, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.4M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Surround

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