Nighthawks is actually the first major action film that Stallone ever starred in. Wulfgar plans to set off a series of bombs throughout the city. They get their chance soon enough when the European terrorist Heymar Reinhardt (Hauer), also known as “Wulfgar,” arrives in town. DaSilva seeks redemption, and Fox is keen to help. His partner, Sergeant Matthew Fox (Williams), had managed to take down two of the thugs. DaSilva had failed to stop an armed criminal in a subway station. NYPD Sergeant Deke DaSilva (Stallone) is recovering from a serious (and humiliating) injury at the hands of a group of street thugs. Nighthawks is set in current day New York City, where crime is on the rise. Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, and Rutger Hauer deliver brilliant performances that are unlike anything else they would do in the rest of their careers. Of all the things worth celebrating about Nighthawks, the cast stands out. It pinpoints a “passing of the torch” moment in cinema and doesn’t get enough credit for its historical value. The urban crime thriller took the best elements of the grounded 1970s films but explored them through the format of a buddy-cop story. These two genres intertwined in 1981 in Bruce Malmuth’s overlooked classic Nighthawks.
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