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Subgenre Sampler

 
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…
2019: The New Barbarians2019: The New Barbarians (Nuovi barbari, I) (1985)
Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Fred Williamson, Giancarlo Prete
Third and final episode in the post–apocalyptic BRONX WARRIORS series, escapes the bloody rubble of New York City for a MAD MAX–style…
Burke and WillsBurke and Wills (1985)
Dir. Graeme Clifford
Feat. Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi
True blue Aussie classic chronicling the famous journey of two ill–prepared explorers across the unforgiving outback.
Code of SilenceCode of Silence (1985)
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Dennis Farina
One of action star Chuck Norris's best films is this non–martial arts vehicle in which he plays a streetwise plainclothes cop who takes down a…

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