Simply Perfect

i must have seen a different film!!

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The Screenplay was written by John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, Big Trouble In Little China, They Live, Starman and many more) the film stars Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton and they both are great in this movie loved they're characters and the story was something pretty original back then. If you think you're going to see a car chase in a Fast & Furious style then you will probably be disappointed but if you expect to see a good old 80's film with a good cast and a big heist with guns and cars then you will love it. It's not one of the best 80's films but sure it's entertaining. There's actually a scene in the film that reminds me of Fast & Furious 7 when the car goes from building to building they actually do the same but with less cgi and only one building. I think this movie is pretty underrated it's still fun and it has some very good performances and action from the 2 leads. If you love Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton you should definitely see this one.

The FBI hires professional thief Quint (Tommy Lee Jones) to steal some data tapes. But he's caught in the act and has to hide the tapes in a prototype super car called the Black Moon. But then the Black Moon is stolen by a car thief (Linda Hamilton) working for big bad guy Ryland (Robert Vaughn). Entertaining popcorn thriller directed by Harley Cokeliss from a story by John Carpenter. Tommy Lee Jones drops one-liners and attracts babes like a true Carpenter hero. Linda Hamilton is great as sexy car thief Nina. She gets the most character attention of anybody in the film. She's also lovely to look at, with her full lips and big '80s hair that she rocked so well. Robert Vaughn redeems himself from Superman III with a nice hissable turn as a villain here. Lee Ving and Bubba Smith appear as thorns in our hero's side. An underrated movie and a fun one.

Robert Vaughn portrays Ed Ryland, one of those meglomaniacal crooks who runs an underground organization where his crew steals high priced cars and sells them on the black market. Linda Hamilton plays Nina, his head runner of the operation. Richard Jaeckel is Earl, one of three who have created a uniquely shaped and very fast state-of-the-art car which can go to speeds up to 325 miles per hour(it also runs on hydrogen from water). Earl and crew are at a meeting to pitch the unique car to Italian buyers when it is stolen by Nina and her crew, among many vehicles in the lot. Tommy Lee Jones is the star of the film as superstar thief, paid by the government to retrieve a cassette with important information the federal government doesn't want out to the public(Bubba Smith is the secret agent Johnson who threatens Jones if he doesn't give the tape to him). Jones plays Quint, who has an arch rival in Marvin Ringer(Lee Ving), both after the same cassette. Ringer has a bevy of cronies behind him to help in the dirty work and they try several times to kill him(often viciously beating him or shooting at him). In a scene to keep the cassette from Ringer, Quint places it in the pocket of the Black Moon vehicle..owned by Earl! So Quint isn't able to deliver the cassette to Johnson and is given 72 hours to find that tape and give it to him. The deck is stacked against Quint, for he must get inside Ryland's secure, well guarded compound, retrieve the hidden cassette, fend off constant attack from Ringer, and convince the Black Moon crew to help him. It's a lot to handle, but soon Quint winds up falling head over heels for Nina and the story takes on a whole new path. The film is quickly paced and fun despite asking the viewer to accept a lot of hogwash about cars that can drive a quick speeds through endless traffic, a man who can cross from one building to another on a rope hanging on one prong on a hook, and one man seemingly able to do many psychical things after being beaten heinously. The film has a ridiculous ending car chase which has the Black Moon going from one window off a building and into another windowed building. The film does have good leads who take the film a long way. Jones is always fun to watch, and is believable in his role. I liked Hamilton as well. Ving is really over-the-top bad in this film playing the heavy REALLY heavy.

I saw this in the theatre when it came out and remembered it fondly. I purchased a used DVD for five bucks and took it home and watched it. I knew I was in trouble when the opening screen said "strat movie" that' s supposed to be "start movie". It was pan and scan which I hate and looked like a direct transfer from video tape. It was some brand X Japanese company's version. The movie definitely had a TV feel to it. I'd forgotten that John Carpenter had a hand in it. The Black Moon of the title is an experimental super car which becomes a stash for Tommy Lee Jones' thief's ill-gotten tape of info purloined on behalf of the Gov. Linda Hamilton's character, looking a lot like Joan Crawford in some shots, steals the Black Moon along with a group of other cars for Robert(I'm The Man from Uncle, dammit!)Vaughn's Mr. Big. Tommy and Linda team up to get the car/tape back amidst hitandruns, beatings,hankypanky,and high-speed chases. I'm sorry but it just wasn't as good as I had remembered. The car itself was pretty cool and Tommy is always fun to watch. I see that there is a better version out now in widescreen so get that one and avoid the no frills cheapy. It's worth a look.