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Subgenre Sampler

 
Run, Chrissie, Run! (1986)
Dir. Chris Langman
Feat. Carmen Duncan, Red Symons
An ex–terrorist from Germany is on the run in Australia with her teenage daughter Chrissie, with a former lover on her trail, and two IRA…
Running ScaredRunning Scared (1986)
Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer
Two street–wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed…
SalvadorSalvador (1986) Recommended
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. James Woods, James Belushi
A potent dramatisation of a journalist's experiences in El Salvador, with Woods in his usual dynamic form. Never one for fence–sitting, the…
Shanghai SurpriseShanghai Surprise (1986)
Dir. Jim Goddard
Feat. Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman
Universally panned adventure flick stars Madonna as a missionary (!) on the hunt for medicinal opium (!) and then–husband Penn plays the…
Sledge Hammer! (TV Series)Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. David Rasche, Harrison Page, Anne-Marie Martin
GET SMART meets DIRTY HARRY in this riotous late–night spoof detailing the exploits of unorthodox Inspector 'Sledge Hammer', a loose cannon of…
Tai PanTai Pan (1986)
Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, Kyra Sedgwick
Colourful though largely missed attempt at adapting James Clavell's novel about the adventures of a rogue trader in 19th century Hong Kong . Despite…
Top GunTop Gun (1986) Recommended
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
Star–making film for Cruise, who goes through all the right motions to get millions of bums on seats. The routine plot is overcome by the…
View to a Kill, AView to a Kill, A (1986)
Dir. John Glen
Feat. Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts
Roger Moore's final outing as agent 007. Evil billionaire industrialist Max Zorin (Walken) and his lethal associate May Day (Jones) plan to take over…
Where the River Runs BlackWhere the River Runs Black (1986)
Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Charles Durning, Dana Delany
Compassionate eco–drama about an Amazon–raised orphan who is assimilated into civilisation by a priest (Durning).
Wraith, TheWraith, The (1986)
Dir. Mike Marvin
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn
Cartoonish supernatural actioner starring Charlie Sheen as a murdered Arizona teen who mysteriously returns from the dead as an all–powerful…

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