This is one of those movies from the 1980's known for alot of cheesy bullshit and it's neo-noir themes. However this movie peaked my interest because this was the movie Linda Hamilton was a co star in following her performance in "The Terminator" movie in 1984.
"Black Moon Rising" is a science fiction action thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones,Linda Hamilton,Lee Ving,Robert Vaughn,Keenan Wynn,Richard Jaecklel and Bubba Smith. The plot of this movie revolves around the theft of a prototype vehicle known as The Black Moon.
The plot of the story has Sam Quint(played by Tommy Lee Jones) a thief hired by the FBI to steal a computer disk that contains incriminating evidence against The Lucky Dollar Corporation out in Las Vegas. After stealing the disk,Quint is pursued by Marvin Ringer (Lee Ving) a former thief who works for the Lucky Dollar Corporation. At the same time a prototype machine called "The Black Moon" is being tested out in the desert by Earl Windom (Richard Jaeckel) Now could you picture a vehicle that reaches the speed of 325 miles per hour. That's Fast. But what was also cool is that it runs on tap water and not regular fuel. Then we meet Nina (Linda Hamilton) who lead a band of auto thieves in stealing the cars including The Black Moon at a restaurant in L.A. Quint tracks down the thieves at a parking garage however there was no sight of the them. He then gets his ass reemed by FBI Agent Johnson (Bubba Smith) he's not gonna get paid and the government's case against The Lucky Dollar will be tossed out of court unless the computer disk is returned within the next 3 days. After getting blueprints to Ryland Towers from city hall,Quint heads over there. Now Ryland Towers are a pair of office building built by Ed Ryland (Robert Vaughn). Ryland is also the head of a car theft syndicate. The basement of the two towers is a large chop shop,but Ryland keeps the best cars for himself and sells the others. Ryland berates Nina for stealing a car he does not want (probably The Black Moon) but refused to allow her to keep it for herself. Once Nina left the towers Quint follows her to a nightclub where they meet and next thing you know they're back at her apartment where they have sex. Remember Windom he and his team were in the towers searching for evidence to give to the police until Ryland's goons ambush and kill one of the men. So they go to Quint to offer assistance and that's when Ringer and his henchmen show up to ambush him,only got Quint to slay the henchmen while Ringer got away. The next day Ryland confronted Nina about a tape of her and Quint getting it on,calling her a traitor and locked her in a closet,meanwhile Quint manages to get into one of the towers,he soon discovers Nina is trapped in a closet and gets her out,she then agrees to help Quint steal the Black Moon. Next thing you know they get the Black Moon managed to escape after killing Ryland and retrieving the disk,but then Ringer shows up and a brutal fight between Quint and Ringer happens as FBI Johnson arrived. Ringer got knocked out. Quint gives the disk to Johnson allowing himself to retire. Windom shows up and is thankful that The Black Moon is still in one piece but wonders how he will get the vehicle down? The movie ends up back at Nina's apartment where Quint asks if she's glad to steal the Black Moon and she replies that she is and in return Quint was glad too.
"Black Moon Rising" was directed by Henry Cockliss who would go on to direct episodes of the 90's TV series Xena:Warrior Princess. The Screenplay was done by of all people John Carpenter and he wrote the screenplay around the time he was directing Escape from New York back in 1981. William Gray and Desmond Nakano added on to Carpenter's script. The movie was released via New World Pictures of January 10,1986 and did $6.5 million in the box office.
My overall rating for this film is a 65/100 truthfully Jones and Hamilton would go on to have much better films other than this one. It's in the in between good and bad films of 1986 in my book.
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