who saw this in 1986
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perfectpawn — 11 years ago(March 20, 2015 12:12 PM)
I wrote about my memory of seeing the film in '86 here on the board:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10090859/board/flat/210118636?d=210118636#2 10118636 -
crankyerma1984 — 10 years ago(April 08, 2015 11:32 PM)
I saw it back then. It was pretty bad even to a kid in junior high. I just re-watched the first fifteen minutes. This is easily the most offensively stupid big budget film I've ever seen. There's literally something stupid done by the filmmakers on average every two seconds in the opening sequence.
This is a brutal, punishing display of arrogance, egocentrism, greed and flat out stupidity on the part of Stallone, the director, the screenwriters and the studio. It could not be worse without intentionally turning it into a comedy.
Stallone will do one halfway decent film out of every five or six to remind people that he had a modicum of talent and or integrity once upon a time. But the rest are him resting on his laurels, riding a trend and cashing in. This is one of the latter. -
insomniacmovie — 10 years ago(April 16, 2015 09:19 AM)
I was in 6th grade at the time, and staying with my favorite grandmother for a week. She took me to see Cobra, and Raw Deal starring Arnold that same week. She used to also buy me rap tapes with PA warning labels.
I thought the film was pretty awesome, and still enjoy it today. -
CommanderKoenig — 10 years ago(June 02, 2015 12:10 PM)
Yeah, can't remember where, and I loved it and bought it on VHS and watched it loads. I can't believe what a terrible crappy film it is. Watched it again recently. Now I'm tempted to watch it again. I've gone wrong.
Worth seeing, but not worth going to see. -
BlueMojo — 10 years ago(October 04, 2015 10:11 PM)
I was 16 at the time, and even then it seemed pretty cheesy. The two things that impressed me though, was the '50 Mercury and how hot Brigette Nielsen was. As someone above posted, I watched the first 15 minutes of it recently, and couldn't bear it. The MPAA should have fined everyone involved with this production, from Sly all the way down to the grips.
Hard to defend the eighties to a younger generation with pop culture like this. -
leczorn — 10 years ago(January 05, 2016 09:04 PM)
I saw it at the Ohio theater in my hometown on Madison, Indiana in the Summer of 1986. I was 15 and my mom and step-dad took me to see it. Not a masterpiece, but a pretty good cop flick; this kind of movie has been done far worse plenty of times.
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kaiserblade — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 07:20 AM)
I saw this in the ABC cinema chains in London. Before the release we were promised lots and lots of violence and nudity, saw the film and was bitterly disappointed. Hardly any on screen violence at all and pretty predictable film.