adonis98-743-186503 The Screenplay was written by John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, Big Trouble In Little China, They Live, Starman and many more) the film stars Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton and they both are great in this movie loved they're characters and the story was something pretty original back then. If you think you're going to see a car chase in a Fast & Furious style then you will probably be disappointed but if you expect to see a good old 80's film with a good cast and a big heist with guns and cars then you will love it. It's not one of the best 80's films but sure it's entertaining. There's actually a scene in the film that reminds me of Fast & Furious 7 when the car goes from building to building they actually do the same but with less cgi and only one building. I think this movie is pretty underrated it's still fun and it has some very good performances and action from the 2 leads. If you love Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton you should definitely see this one.

kapelusznik18 ****SPOILERS**** A slim trim & durable Tommy Lee Jones is ex-US government contractor Sam Quint who's given an assignment he can't refuse by top CIA/NAS agent Johnson, played by Big Bad Bubba Smith, to retrieve a computer disc the government needs in a corporate/mob conspiracy case. It's the disc that's needed to put big time tax evader and corporate criminal Marvin Ringer, Lee Ving, behind bars. Being an expert break in artist Quit get his hands on the computer disc but when things get hot, with Winger & his hoods bearing down on him, hides it in a parked car for safe-keeping. It turns out that the car named the "Black Moon" is an experimental model of a super automobile being tested for NASA to be the car of the future going at speeds of 300 MPH.Before Quint can retrieve the disc "Black Moon" is carjacked, with a number of other cars, from a parking lot by members of the Ed Ryland, Robert Vaughn, car theft ring leaving Quint high and dry and facing the mad as hell Johnson. It's Agent Johnson who give Quint three days to retrieve the disc as well as car or he can forget celebrating his 40th, Quint was 39 at the time, birthday! The film has Qunit soon hook up with Ryland's top car driver Nina, Linda Hamilton, who hijacked the "Black Moon" who wants to get out of the car stealing business. That's in Ryland activities, including contract murder, that can end up with her being either behind bars for life of murdered by his top hit-man & enforcer the creepy looking "Strangler Luis", Nick Cassavetes, if she ever turns evidence against him.*****SPOILERS**** Chased and brutally beaten up by Ringer and his gang Quint after, in pulling a gun he's been hiding under a car , dispatching most of them gets down to business in finding where the "Black Moon" is being stored. And with the help of the car's designer electronic expert Earl Windom played by the always youthful looking, it's hard to believe that at the time he's just five years away from collecting social security, Richard Jaeckel plans to break into the impregnable storage garage where the "Black Moon" is being kept and takes off with it as Nina does the driving! Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton make a great combo in the action scenes in the film but as lovers they fall flat on their faces. You never for once get the impression that both of them have any other feelings for each other then in getting revenge on their tormentors, Ringer & Ryland, and using each other to achieve that. But you can't overlook the action sequences in the movie that were top-notch and of course the near fatal beating Quint took from Ringer's hoods that he miraculously survived to live another day. That's when Quint was to turn the tables on Ringer, by giving him a 1st class work-over, at the end of the film.

Scarecrow-88 Robert Vaughn portrays Ed Ryland, one of those meglomaniacal crooks who runs an underground organization where his crew steals high priced cars and sells them on the black market. Linda Hamilton plays Nina, his head runner of the operation. Richard Jaeckel is Earl, one of three who have created a uniquely shaped and very fast state-of-the-art car which can go to speeds up to 325 miles per hour(it also runs on hydrogen from water). Earl and crew are at a meeting to pitch the unique car to Italian buyers when it is stolen by Nina and her crew, among many vehicles in the lot. Tommy Lee Jones is the star of the film as superstar thief, paid by the government to retrieve a cassette with important information the federal government doesn't want out to the public(Bubba Smith is the secret agent Johnson who threatens Jones if he doesn't give the tape to him). Jones plays Quint, who has an arch rival in Marvin Ringer(Lee Ving), both after the same cassette. Ringer has a bevy of cronies behind him to help in the dirty work and they try several times to kill him(often viciously beating him or shooting at him). In a scene to keep the cassette from Ringer, Quint places it in the pocket of the Black Moon vehicle..owned by Earl! So Quint isn't able to deliver the cassette to Johnson and is given 72 hours to find that tape and give it to him. The deck is stacked against Quint, for he must get inside Ryland's secure, well guarded compound, retrieve the hidden cassette, fend off constant attack from Ringer, and convince the Black Moon crew to help him. It's a lot to handle, but soon Quint winds up falling head over heels for Nina and the story takes on a whole new path. The film is quickly paced and fun despite asking the viewer to accept a lot of hogwash about cars that can drive a quick speeds through endless traffic, a man who can cross from one building to another on a rope hanging on one prong on a hook, and one man seemingly able to do many psychical things after being beaten heinously. The film has a ridiculous ending car chase which has the Black Moon going from one window off a building and into another windowed building. The film does have good leads who take the film a long way. Jones is always fun to watch, and is believable in his role. I liked Hamilton as well. Ving is really over-the-top bad in this film playing the heavy REALLY heavy.

spasmo dunson I saw this in the theatre when it came out and remembered it fondly. I purchased a used DVD for five bucks and took it home and watched it. I knew I was in trouble when the opening screen said "strat movie" that' s supposed to be "start movie". It was pan and scan which I hate and looked like a direct transfer from video tape. It was some brand X Japanese company's version. The movie definitely had a TV feel to it. I'd forgotten that John Carpenter had a hand in it. The Black Moon of the title is an experimental super car which becomes a stash for Tommy Lee Jones' thief's ill-gotten tape of info purloined on behalf of the Gov. Linda Hamilton's character, looking a lot like Joan Crawford in some shots, steals the Black Moon along with a group of other cars for Robert(I'm The Man from Uncle, dammit!)Vaughn's Mr. Big. Tommy and Linda team up to get the car/tape back amidst hitandruns, beatings,hankypanky,and high-speed chases. I'm sorry but it just wasn't as good as I had remembered. The car itself was pretty cool and Tommy is always fun to watch. I see that there is a better version out now in widescreen so get that one and avoid the no frills cheapy. It's worth a look.