Nighthawks (1981)

	Directed by: Bruce Malmuth	COUNTRY USA GENRE Action/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Terrorpatruljen RUNNING TIME 99 minutes
	Produced by: Martin Poll Daniel S. Malmuth
	Written by: David Shaber

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Deke DaSilva	Sylvester Stallone
Matthew Fox	Billy Dee Williams	½
Irene DaSilva	Lindsay Wagner	-
Heymar "Wulfgar" Reinhardt	Rutger Hauer
Shakka	Persis Khambatta
Inspector Peter Hartman	Nigel Davenport	½
Pam	Hilary Thompson	-
Lieutenant Munafo	Joe Spinell	-

Review

A sinister, fun-drained action thriller starring a handsome, bearded Sylvester Stallone and a typically icy Rutger Hauer, in his American film debut. Nighthawks was looking to trade on several recent, in-vogue action successes: The film has the aesthetic of Dirty Harry, the New York-pessimism of Death Wish, and a megalomaniac villain out of James Bond. The only problem is that all of the characters are dour clichés. This particular brand of 1970s/early-1980s action had clearly run its course. Billy Dee Williams appears in an utterly thankless role as Stallone's partner. The workmanlike direction is credited to Bruce Malmuth, though was reportedly mostly Stallone's work.