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The Wraith

- He's not from around here...

Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...

Release Date : 1986-10-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Century Entertainment CorporationAlliance EntertainmentTurbo Productions

Production Country : United States of AmericaCanada

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jake Kesey / The Wraith

Original Name : Charlie Sheen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Packard Walsh

Original Name : Nick Cassavetes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Keri Johnson

Original Name : Sherilyn Fenn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheriff Loomis

Original Name : Randy Quaid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billy Hankins

Original Name : Matthew Barry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rughead

Original Name : Clint Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skank

Original Name : David Sherrill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gutterboy

Original Name : Jamie Bozian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oggie

Original Name : Griffin O'Neal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minty

Original Name : Chris Nash

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Vickie Benson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Murphy

Original Name : Peder Melhuse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Redd

Original Name : Jeffrey Sudzin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stokes

Original Name : Michael Hungerford

Gender : Male

Character Name : George in Daytona

Original Name : Steven Eckholdt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Daytona

Original Name : Elizabeth Cox

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jamie Henkins

Original Name : Christopher Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen at Falls (uncredited)

Original Name : Jeffery Feaster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roller Skating Waitress (uncredited)

Original Name : Brooke Burke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sandeval

Original Name : Richard Alexander

Gender : Male

Reviews

misubisu

@misubisu

2024-08-06

I first saw this movie back in 1986... didn't really remember too much about it... decided to watch it again after seeing the car in an episode of Leno's Garage. You know what.. it is actually very entertaining movie... it doesn't suck at all. The bad boy characters are somewhat stupid but fit in quite well... the story is a little simplistic... but sometimes watching a movie that is entertaining and you don't need to think too much about is just what you need. Plus it was a trip down memory lane from 35 years ago. Charlie Sheen was 21, but looked a lot younger!! For the time, the movie had a good look and feel to it. And the Wraith car stands the test of time really well.

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2024-12-01

**_Hammy 80’s motorhead thriller with Charlie Sheen and Sherilyn Fenn_** A ruthless (but comical) gang terrorizes a town in southern Arizona, forcing guys to drag race in order to ‘win’ their vehicles; that is, until a young man comes to town (Sheen), along with a mysterious black sportscar and driver. Randy Quaid is on hand as the Sheriff. "The Wraith" (1986) is like a meshing of the contemporaneous “Top Gun” with the campiness of “Lost Boys” (which came out the next year), just trade the pilot ace flying with drag racing and the vampires with a thug gang. The hammy approach mainly applies to Skank (David Sherrill), Gutterboy (Jamie Bozian) and tech-geek Rughead (Clint Howard) whereas Nick Cassavetes is more subdued about it as the lead bully, but still cartoonishly exaggerated. Nick, by the way, is the son of John Cassavetes & Gina Rowlands, which is odd since John was only 5’7” while Nick is 6’6”, but I guess it happens. I’m not a fan of the hammy tone and think it would’ve worked better if done more seriously, like “Top Gun.” However, if you can roll with the goofiness, it’s entertaining on several fronts. For instance, the Arizona locations are spectacular, Sherilyn Fenn’s beauty is well captured and there’s a lot of thrilling vehicle mayhem. It runs 1 hour, 33 minutes, and was shot in the Greater Tucson area, including the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Gila Bend, which is 92 miles northwest of Tucson (and just southwest of Phoenix). GRADE: B-