Released: 1986
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Nick Cassavettes, Randy Quaid, Clint Howard,
Charlie Sheen is Jake, the new kid in school (cliché alert!). He arrives around the same time a phantom racer in a Dodge M4S sports coupe is burning up the nearby highways. This phantom, known only as "The Wraith" systematically destroys members of Packard Walsh's gang in lethal road race after another.
Who, or what is The Wraith, and what does he/she/it want? Is it a coincidence that Jake seems to bear strange similarities to Jamie, an innocent killed by Walsh's gang? Is it a coincidence that Jake falls for Keri (a striking Sherilyn Fenn), the girl Jamie was dating when he was killed?
Great cars, a great soundtrack (Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Billy Idol, Robert Palmer), and a creative, above average script for a sci-fi/action b-movie. The film borrows heavily from other films, such as High Plains Drifter, Shane, and The Road Warrior and was influenced by true events, in which a teen involved with illegal street racing caused four deaths here in Arizona
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. - Psalm 147:3
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