Nighthawks - Best Movie You Never Saw
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine.
The history behind NIGHTHAWKS is compelling stuff. Originally conceived as a third FRENCH CONNECTION sequel, which would have pitted Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle up against a terrorist modeled on the infamous Carlos the Jackal, while also pairing him with a partner that producers hoped would be played by Richard Pryor, the project went kaput when Hackman decided he had enough of the role. The script made its way to Universal, where it was redeveloped into a project for Sylvester Stallone, then coming off the first two ROCKY movies, meaning he was a star, but not quite the icon he would become. In this episode we look at the movie's reception, as well as it's place in Stallone's filmography.
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Love this movie. One of Stallone's best. R.I.P. Rutger Hauer.
The world is darker without Rutger’s presence in films. He was truly a great character actor
Agreed, such a great, yet forgotten, film.
Billy Dee Williams is definitely one of the highlights of this movie. He's fantastic in each of his scenes.
Black superman tshirt suited him just right
Underrated great performance Williams. I don't know why Sly seemed to not mention him in the interviews quoted here,they were an excellent team. I can only speculate some sort of competitiveness.
yeah i kind of cringed when he called him "Lando" BillyD was much more than that at the time.....fucking generation gap
Right..........
I couldn't hit PLAY fast enough!!! Nighthawks is and has been a fave of mine for yeeeears!!! It's one of those movies that I watch several times a year and never get tired of it! Thanks for this, maaaaan!!!!!!!!! "This is Shakka. Do not underestimate her because she is a woman. She has no maternal instincts." That line sent chills through me when I saw this movie as a child, lol!
This movie was on a lot on cable in the early 80's and I made it a point to watch it as much as I could. I would LOVE to see the directors cut!
The Nightclub scene stareoff between Stallone and Haugher is an amazing high tension scene.
I'm a huge Stallone fan, I've been telling people to see this movie for years! I'm glad someone with some influence is telling others the same.
Same. I haven't watched it in a really long time, but I have always remembered how good it was and people ignore it. Their loss I guess.
I love young sly~ he was well on his way to being the next de niro Or something. But all these big money blockbusters got in the way.
Sly is a massive star but somehow some of his best stuff went off the radar, when I mention this one and Cop Land to others most of the time it does not ring a bell at all, it is something curious.
@@Sealdeam I love Cop Land! Very good story and even better acting.
@@Sealdeam op Land was great too!
I love this movie, discovered it at the video store in the mid 90's when I was a teenager and really enjoyed it, Rutger Hauer gives a really good performance as the bad guy especially in the scene where he's running from the cops in the subway, you can see in his performance him panicking and sweating. Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams give stellar performances as well. Top notch movie.
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That bit where Brown Sugar slows down as Deke and Wolgar eye each other. I swear James Cameron nicked it for The Terminator!
@@davidjames579 Yes that's what I thought as well.
@@robertobuatti7226 Maybe he was researching Rutger Hauer to play The Terminator?
@@davidjames579 Yes probably.
I bring good news, some of the deleted scenes can be seen mix in various VHS realized around the world (is a common practice back then to re cut movies for various markets), much of the Stallone scenes are in the Japanese laser disc release for example, this way is technically possible reassemble the movie
Is it online anywhere?
Do you have it?
@@BigFilmProductions not anymore, vhs and laserdiscs don't have long life span, this is why backups are important, there's a platora of movies that are now lost forever
When I was 9 and first saw this and the ending when Stallone turned around I was just blown away (no pun intended). A solid thriller.
I was in high school when it was filmed and got to see the subway scene filmed. Stallone and Billy Dee took a break and chatted with us. It's a favorite of mine even without the experience.
Love this movie, but Rutger Hauer really steals the show for me.
He plays the best villains in all the 80s movies
My fave Rutger Hauer film is "Escape From Sobibor". Leaves me in tears every time.
Kate Maloney me too, Escape from Sobibor is amazing. Though I think Soldier of Orange is my favourite film of his.
Would love to see those deleted scenes in an extended cut
Same here. Hopefully an unedited copy will show up somewhere.
Not likely,it's been begged for for quite a long time. No one's bit yet
I hope so too. Or at least an explanation of the scenes that were cut, apart from showing stills of them. One of which (with Stallone and Wagner) appeared in the cover art of the score for Nighthawks.
Unfortunately, those deleted scenes were destroyed (fire) in the warehouse.
We all would love to see that cut along with the original cut of Cobra.
First movie on this channel that I actually never saw. Big moment.
A fully-bearded Stallone in drag... Someone's been reading my dream journal!
Alex Kanyima you must be fun at parties
Ewwww
Nice shoutout for Paul Schrader's underseen masterpiece _Blue Collar_ . Richard Pryor gives one of the best dramatic performances of the 1970s.
I loved it back then and it's still just as compelling now. Thank God for the return to the original soundtrack. Dumbasses altering made zero sense. The brown sugar seen was so powerful, it was almost the greatest in the movie.
A lot of people just think of guys like Stallone and Arnold as simple meathead-esque action fare characters, and certainly, the bulk of their movies do not dispute that idea. But they can get into the more subtle sides of acting when given a proper chance.
Brian Wynn Copland is a banger
@@tiptopdadddy OH yeah, that WAS a pretty decent movie for Stallone and a few others.
True
Ur right! Ahhnold deserved an oscar for kindergarten cop! 🤣
robel tsegaye He was good as Mickey Hargitay in The Jayne Mansfield Story. The Conan/Red Sonja movies were great, Predator too. For what he lacks in other areas he makes up for in physicality because he plays to his strengths.
Copland was his next against type cop role. This was the perfect overview of this hidden gem.
The death at the end is super memorable. I saw it as a little kid on TV without knowing what movie it was from. Didn't see the whole movie until much later.
I remember it being used in Terror in the Aisles.
I loved this movie when I was growing up! It was so good and suspenseful and Ruther haur played when of the most sinister villains in history.
Just finished watching this. One of Sly's most intense roles.
What do you mean, “Best Movie I Never Saw?" I saw Nighthawks dozens of times on VHS and cable TV back in the 1980s. It was even featured on the ABC Sunday Night Movie. And Stallone's character is named Deke DeSilva, not “DeSilvia."
Nighthawks & Blow Out are 2 criminally under-rated masterpieces of 1981.
Travolta & Stallone awesome double feature.
Nighthawks is one of my favorite Sly films. I wish at the time there was a sequel with another villain.
One of my favourites and I'll never forget the first time seeing the twist at the end. Mind was blown.
I'm glad that the new Blu Ray version restored the music from the original version of the film. The previous DVD versions not only cut out The Rolling Stone's Brown Sugar, they also cut out and replaced Keith Emerson's cover of I'm A Man during the epic stare down between Stallone and Hauer in the nightclub scene.
I saw it in the theatres when it came out, and fell in love with it right away. For the next 35 years afterwards, every time a new Stallone movie came out in which he was playing some kind of a hitman or detective (like Cobra, Tango & Cash, The Specialist etc.) I was hoping it would be in the tradition of Nighthawk. Alas, Stallone has never made another film like this.
To this day my dream action thriller would take place in a grimy/seedy place like Nighthawk''s (or the French Connection's) NYC, and would include Stallone playing this character. He is too old now to ever make that dream come true. Sic transit gloria mundi...
Saw this on TV in the '80s with my (now late) dad. Great memories.
Not really into Sly's movies, however, this is one that I liked.
Rocky and First Blood a few of Sly’s best films
@@scottknode898, Rocky 1 & 3, about 3/4 of First Blood.
@Funk O'Matic, I served in Marine Corps Force Recon. First Blood is OK, then it gets far too unbelievable.
@Funk O'Matic, Semper Fi 🇺🇲
@@gregalonzo747
It's a movie.
I saw it when it came out and to this day one of my all-time favs. Especially since I grew up in NYC and not far from the tramway which had a big scene in the film.
Great video synopsis. In addition, it has one of the best hero-villain stare downs in movie history, with Keith Emerson's music in the background.
Grew up watching it in the late 80s and 90s, a real masterpiece! It still standing after all these yrs!! Rutger Hauer was a nasty bad guy in this 1.
I just saw “Nighthawks” again recently, for the first time in ages. It still holds up fairly well. Rutger Hauer was awesome in it.
Lindsay Wagner's scenes got trimmed down, the surprise ending involving her character turning out to be her stand in ( not spoiling who) works ironically in favor the suspense of the closing scene!
I have enjoyed this film for many years. For me it is easily one of Stallone's most underrated performances. At the time I was unaware of such factors as the number of directors involved in the project and it being subject to a number of cuts. I admired its score. While I was in the dark as to why Wagner and Williams had relatively few scenes, I thought Hauer was a great nemesis. And the scene where Stallone confronts him on the sky tram is easily one of the best moments as DeSilva (not DeSilvia as the commentator refers to the character) realizes he is in a tight spot that he might possibly not survive. And Stallone looks scared. To me that is a necessary trait in one being a believable actor. Dare I say I long had high regard for this role before I ever saw the first Rocky.
Nighthawks (1981) and Code of Silence (1985) are great police films and were one of the great movies for Sylvester Stallone & Chuck Norris respectively.
Without a doubt, one Sly's most underrated movies. Brilliant 👏 👍
Saw Nighthawks in the theater when it first came out, and on video several times after. Great movie. I think it is currently on Netflix, I watched it there a month or two ago.
This takes me back...feels different to every other Stallone film I've seen but it does work perfectly well. Worth a looksee.
I remember Nighthawks when it came out. I don't know how producers could think the plot "far fetched." I remember watching, and seeing the news reports of what was going on in Europe at the time, and easily saw how this kind of thing could happen in New York. It ranks high in my movie collection, because Billy Dee Williams, Sly Stallone, and Rutger Hauer were all FANTASTIC in this film. It was, literally, Stallone's BEST dramatic film. The whole movie is non-stop tension and action, and there is, literally, never a dull moment. If this film got hacked to pieces, I frankly couldn't see it. And the soundtrack being written by Keith Emerson - I am a huge ELP fan - just put it over the top for me.
My favorite part in the film is when Stallone bends down to listen to a bandaged Williams as he lies on the gurney, and Williams tells him, "You should have taken the shot." It's poignant, and Stallone's acting is perfect for the character. Detached but stunned - a hard-guy all the way. And that final scene where Wufgar gets his? Between Rutger's facial expressions, the music, and Stallone s-l-o-w-l-y pulling back that wig, it was probably one of the better twists in film history.
Saw this in the 80's thoroughly enjoyed it!
Saw this movie for the first time in the early 90s. Loved it the first time I saw it. Great ending. Suspense throughout the film. Joe spinell is great in it. Ruther Hauer is great. Sly and Billy dee work great together. Love the gritty new york scenes. Just a great overall film
Nighthawks has always been one of my favorites! Great vid, man!
Seen this when it first came out and it's very underrated. The Keith Emerson score is fantastic too.
This is one of my favorite films of all time and I think Stallone’s best.
I feel like it was on a continuous loop when we first got cable.
I have seen this film on Netflix not too long ago (it’s not there anymore) and it was really good. I enjoyed it without expecting too much of it. Stallone, Williams, and Rutger Hauer did really great jobs in their roles and I am very impressed. Rutger Hauer will always be remembered as Roy Batty from Blade Runner to me but he does a great job playing the villain called, “Wolfgar”. I do not know how to spell his character’s name, sadly.
RIP Rutger Hauer 😔
Nighthawks definitely doesn’t get any recognition and I’m glad I watched it with zero expectations as it it really had me on the edge of my seat. Thriller films like this are so exciting and cool, in my book. I wished there was a Director’s Cut for this film, that would be pretty interesting to see.
I did hear some talks or rumors that there will be a Director’s Cut for Rocky IV, if I’m not mistaken. I need to see more retro movies like Blind Fury (starring Rutger Hauer) and even Cop Land (starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta) because I have no idea of what I am missing.
Retro movies, FTW! Awesome Sauce! 👍
First saw it as a young kid on TV as well, I didn't know Stallone very well at the time, but did know Hauer and he made the most impression on me at the time.
Here's a useless trivia fact: The director of this film, Bruce Malmuth, did a small favor for his friend director, John G. Avildsen back in 1984 by taking a minor acting role in the first Karate Kid film. He played the announcer at the All-Valley Karate Tournament. ("Daniel LaRusso's gonna fight? Daniel LaRusso's gonna fight!")
I would probably not ever have seen this movie, except...I took a film class my senior year in high school. We were required to see a current movie at the cinema and write a review of it. So I saw Night Hawks, which turned out to be surprisingly good! First time I ever saw Rutger Hauer in anything and I became quite a fan, especially a year later when Blade Runner came out. The original soundtrack had "Road Fever" from the Foghat Live album, which also scored points with me.
This isn't one of my favorite Sly movies but it has one of my favorite Sly moments: when he screams out in the subway to Haur that he's gonna get him. I even saw this on spanish tv and laughed at hearing it that way lol.
I also saw it on ABC as a kid, and I've always wanted to see the unrated version. I thought this was an underrated psychological thriller/action film. One of the better Stallone films.
A&E for me.
I grew up with this film. My parents opened a world of cinema to me, and more obscure gems like this and Manhunter have always held a special place for me.
I watched this movie many, many times when I was young. I always considered it one of Stallone's best movies.
A great and underappreciated movie. I liked the symbolism that the villain's name is Wulfgar, and as a decoy cop, DaSilva is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
i'm surprised that Sly with his post-Rambo star clout didn't get the studios to release a more complete cut of this movie.
i'm already a big fan of the movie just as is...but, considering the existing of all the amount of cut scenes I'd be interested in seeing em now...hopefully cut as a complete version.
What a gem. I first saw this movie on a late Friday night on HBO.
Excellent Megaforce throwout. I loved that movie as a kid. It would always play on WPIX n NY.
I have loved this movie since I first saw it in like 85 or so when I was teenager.
Outside of Rocky and Rambo this is one of Stallone's best films and to me its not obscure as I've seen the film many times, and you're right about the music it fits the movie well my favorite scene is the disco club when Stallone and Hauer give each other the staredown.
I saw it as a kid in the 80's (on Showtime or Cinemax, I think), but had totally forgotten about it until now. I remember the high points, but don't remember the details. I do remember that I liked it a lot.
One of Stallones's best acting performances of all time. I'm not a professional film critic, it's merely my private opinion....
I remember watching the film in the 80's and it was a really good film, with some really great performances.
When I was a kid, I saw the ending. Just the ending, and it stuck with me all these years. I didn't even know what movie it was from until I saw it on Netflix, unable to pass up Stallone and Williams starring together. The night shots of New York and the subway chase are incredible!
I always liked this movie...i always was fascinated with the city of New York City...I just watched this about a month ago on Netflix, never knew there was a director cut...
This movie was a staple of HBO way back when. I remember watching it with my wife and friends. I clearly remember Sylvester Stallone yelling, "Wulfgar" as the standout moment in this film.
I recall one of Stallone's Rambos where the female lead says something like, "What bring you luck, Rambo?" He holds up the knife he has in his hand and says, "This." Rutger Hauer's line near his death was brilliantly improvised to end something as, "Like tears in rain..." as his replicant body shuts down. I hated that we lost him for real, not too long ago.
I love Nighthawks, i think it's an awesome movie!
Good work! I've always loved Nighthawks. You mentioned Tango And Cash and it's interesting how that Sly Cop movie also had a troubled production with a swing door of directors, inc allegedly Sly again. It also has Sly dragging up again!
You right ,I saw it the other day ,and it was really good .
RIP Rutger ""Bladerunner"" Hauer...
I could not agree more ... would love to see a remake
This was the support film for First Blood when I watched FB in the cinema.
Hi Chris, totally agree that this is an underrated film and and underrated Stallone role. I saw this first during its short cinema release in London in 1981 as a teenager and was blown away. Loved the gritty squalid NY locations (similar to another film from that era - 'Wolfen') and the performances - also worthy of mention is the British actor Nigel Davenport, who played the Counter Terrorist officer who briefs the American cops. As you say, Rutger Hauer, who was unknown outside the Netherlands, gives a standout performance as the charismatic and psychotic Wulfgar. The script was ahead of its time in addressing urban terrorism - the bombings and also when, in the cable car scene Wulfgar refers to his comrades in international terrorist groups while dictating terms. I was really interested to hear about the deleted scenes, deleted soundtrack and that Stallone had a hand in directing the film. Hopefully there will one day be a complete cut on DVD / Bluray.
I've seen it. Saw as a kid,always been a fave
I want to see it as an adult now. Plus Cobra was another good one that most people may be unawares of
I liked NIGHTHAWKS a lot. I don't think Sly could look any more stylish than he did in that movie. I liked his understated acting, and I thought he worked especially well with Billy Dee. But after his last Rambo movie, man, he looks more like a horror show now.
Loved it. Osterman Weekend was another great Rutger Hauer movie.
Nice to see this getting some love. I've always thought of this as a Rutger Hauer movie.
I think Sly thinks of it that way too.
7:42 I knew I couldn't be the only one who thought he looked like Serpico!
Love the channel, love the series 'best movie you never saw' but I have to say I HAVE seen most of these films lol
This movie was an urban legend among the kids in school who were able to see it and those who didn't have cable TV yet.
Used to watch this on HBO back in 82
One of my favs. Way ahead of its time.
Love stumbling on reviews of what are old and obscure films in the midst of today's reality when a bewildering number of hundreds of new films inundate streaming sites like Amazon every week it seems.
New films which I have no idea if avid film fans even see or knew to have even existed. These new unseen films end up being contemporary obscure films themselves. Too many films to watch, and most are not worth watching is my guess.
I love watching films shot in actual film more than digital ones so I gravitate towards older films. Reviews like this one is a real gem, THANK YOU!
I saw this in a old empty cinema in around 1983 it was genuinely good. Movies today generally are woeful.
This and Cobra are some of his greatest flicks
Glad to see someone else loved this film as much as I did
I totally forgot this movie existed. I only saw it once on cable back in the late 80s, at least I think I did. Stallone's epic beard sticks out in my mind. I guess I'll have to revisit it. Or visit it for the first time.
Agree with this highly, the chemistry of Stallone and Hauer make this a great watch. One of Sly's underrated gems along with Death Race 2000 and Lords of Flatbush.
To me this is one of Stallone's greatest movies
Haven't seen this one since it came out when I was a kid. I think I was just old enough to understand much of what was going on. Unlike what I was accustomed to seeing on TV back then, I recall thinking that anyone could get killed at any time; women, children, priests, nuns, good or bad, guilty or innocent. Anybody! I seemed particularly brutal and intense for the day. I'll have to check it out again. Hope it holds up.
I love this movie so much I've watched it for an entire month, day by day, last year xD Wulfgar's theme is so sinister. I cannot understand why it's not on the OST.
This used to be on a lot in the early to md 80s, I lovvvve this film. I just watched this review and then ordered the blu ray! Thx!
Seen it a million times, own it on DVD. Awesome classic in my opinion.
I remember watching this movie when it came on HBO back in 1983. Okay, I had a teen crush on Billy Dee Williams (seriously, what red-blooded woman DIDN'T?!?!?). I was thirteen when I watched this movie and I LOVED it! Maybe I didn't understand it as well as an adult would have, but the sense of right and wrong, good vs bad, and walking a fine line between all four resonated with me. Some people didn't like this film because it was too violent and gory; but I argue if you want a bad guy redemption film, go watch a Disney movie. So sad to hear there may never be a Director's Cut with the ending this movie deserves, but at least I know it's out there.
I not only saw it in the theater but I have the lp soundtrack by Keith Emerson. It’s awesome. Great movie. Stallone kicks butt. And Rutger Hauer is especially good as the villain. And let’s not forget Billy Dee Williams as Sly’s cop partner. Great scene in the coke distribution apartment. Scary good action and acting. And watch for Persis Khambatta with hair. 😉
This movie is actually in rotation on one of the movie channels (forget which). Turned my tv on after work last week and there it was...first time in YEARS I got to see it
Man I want that shirt 👕 Rutger Hauer is wearing in the interview. 😂
Literally saw it a week ago and thought "man, how has no one I know seen this." Fun timing.