1986
R
New World Pictures
1 h 40 m

1986
R
New World Pictures
1 h 40 m

Summary A thief, Quint, is hired by the Justice Department to steal incriminating tapes from a corrupt corporation. The tapes vanish when Quint hides them in the back of a hydrodynamic powered racing car that is stolen by a hot car ring.

Directed By: Harley Cokeliss

Written By: John Carpenter, Desmond Nakano, William Gray

1986
R
New World Pictures
1 h 40 m

1986
R
New World Pictures
1 h 40 m

Black Moon Rising

Name: Black Moon Rising
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1986-01-10
Duration: 1 min 40 s
Rating: 53
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel, Lee Ving

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Harley Cokeliss

Written By: John Carpenter, Desmond Nakano, William Gray

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Los Angeles Times

It’s swift and mean--a little empty perhaps, but not enough to distract you from its pleasures: the stark, brilliantly metallic gleam cinematographer Misha Suslov puts on his images, the psycho-electric jabs of the Lalo Schifrin score, the clean thrust of the plot, the furiously lucid action and the canny, almost stylized, minimalist performances of the actors (Jones, Hamilton, Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, Ving, Smith and the others). The movie may be shallow, but it’s also trim. It has that easy virtue of the old-line Hollywood B film: little visible excess fat.

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BBC

Tommy Lee Jones wisecracks his way after the Black Moon supercar in this intriguing action film that was to prove highly influential for the later "Die Hard".

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IGN

As is often the case, what makes this film so enjoyable is the cast.

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Time Out

It all gets off to a cracking start, only to dwindle very rapidly into thin and predictable variations on the formulaic ploys. And Vaughn gives his usual performance of perfect menace, which suggests that he should be about to engage in world domination, not just nicking motors.

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Chicago Reader

Cokliss's direction strains for a stylishness it doesn't achieve, yet his fundamentally straightforward style brings out the abstract design of the plot. Is this the first cubist thriller?

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Washington Post

The actors haven't much to do. It looks like everybody needed the work. [10 Jan 1986, p.21]

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Chicago Tribune

Black Moon Rising utilizes every cheap thriller trick in the book. If a lackluster script is going to rely on gadgetry and chase scenes to satisfy its audience, it had better pulse with more suspense and originality than a TV rerun. This one doesn't. [10 Jan 1986, p.34]

By Robert Blau FULL REVIEW

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Production Company New World Pictures, Sequoia Productions (II)

Release Date Jan 10, 1986

Duration 1 h 40 m

Rating R

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Tagline There's a darker side to Sam Quint. Steal from him and you'll find out...

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Earl Windom

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Billy Lyons

William Sanderson

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