Review of Black Moon Rising (1986) by Senor C — 20 Sep 2011
Written by John Carpenter, Rising is a fun and sadly ovelooked 80s action thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton. Jones plays a professional thief who's forced to hide a stolen cassette in a protoype for a revolutionary new car "The Black Moon".
When Hamilton's car thief steals the prototype, Jones needs to get it back before his employers terminate his employment permanently. Rising has a good veteran supporting cast and takes itself serious when it needs to but, also knows when to have a little fun and let it's audience in on it.
Jones and Hamilton have a nice chemistry together as the two thieves eventually join forces and there is a lot of fun watching them break into villain Robert Vaughn's highrise fortress to steal the title vehicle back.
An entertaining little movie that has sadly been forgotten but, definitely deserves to be rediscovered if not for the 80s nostalgia alone.
This review of Black Moon Rising (1986) was written by Senor C on 20 Sep 2011.
Black Moon Rising has generally received mixed reviews.
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