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Wanted Dead or Alive (Widescreen)

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In this movie where the hunter has become the hunted, the fast pace and non stop action will keep you on the edge of your seat. If that's not enough to reel you in, then stick around just for the ending. This movie has one of the best endings in an action flick of all time. This movie shows you there's only one brand of justice for the bad guy. Gene Simmons was great in "Runaway" opposite Tom Selleck as the ruthless villain and in "Wanted Dead or Alive" he's even better! With Gene's menacing looks, he could have had a long Hollywood career as a villain. Action fans you won't want to miss this one, so do yourself a favor and treat yourself to "Wanted Dead or Alive" today. If you're looking for a movie where Rutger Hauer is the terrorist pick up a copy of "Night Hawks" with Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams you won't be disappointed.

This is 1980's no holds barred action at its very best. Ex CIA agent Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) turned bounty hunter, will stop at nothing to get the terrorist Malak Al Rahim (Gene Simmons) of the rock band KISS. This movie doesn't get much TV time if any because of the events from 9/11. Who would have thought Gene Simmons AKA the Demon could act. When it comes to playing a bad guy he's great, Simmons is very convincing in the role of the villain Malak Al Rahim. The demon really shines!

DVD Features Include:
-Widescreen presentation [1.85:1] enhanced for 16x9 TVs
-Theatrical trailer
-Teaser trailer

Like Black Sunday this is a taboo film (9/11) for today's American public. Terrorists causing havock on home soil, is not want certain people want to see at the cinema.
However this is a great low key action film for it's time, the violence is still very graphic. Rutger Hauer was great in the 1980s, before he discovered Burger King! As well as The Hitcher (which was released around the same time) he really had a presence.
The kiss frontman is a very convincing terrorist, he really looks like an arab. The CIA subplot makes this even more watchable. But anyone who has seen this film will remember the ending! Check it out, miles ahead of Collateral Damage.

This film and "Runaway" are two good examples of Gene Simmons's acting ability. It shows that 'ol Gene is capable of other things than sticking out his tongue. If and whenver KISS does end its music career, Gene could make it as an actor, he's already proved that! I'm proud to own it on dvd. I highly recommend it!

Couldn't wait to receive this DVD as we haven't seen it in years. Bought it as a birthday present to surprise my husband.
Imagine my disappointment when we found that it was a Region 2 DVD. It was shipped from England; however, I bought it thru Amazon Canada thru a site called Disk Giant in Canada. No where did it say that Region 2 DVD's would be shipped. Am currently waiting a response from the company to find out how to rectify this.

Rutger Hauer stars as Nick Randall, a former CIA man turned bounty hunter. He's a steely nerved, icy professional who rounds up the scum of society for very high prices. But now, Randall finds himself as bait in a tug of war between the CIA, FBI, and LAPD. Once the hunter, Randall has become the target of international terrorist Malak Al Rahim, played by Gene Simmons of the rock group KISS. What once was a job for Randall has become a mission; get Al Rahim at all costs!

The action in this movie is well done. Simmons does an excellent job as Al Rahim, and the pace is fast. The special effects are dazzling, and Rutger Hauer has some good one-liners along the way. If you're a fan of good action and shoot 'em up movies, then this movie should be included.

Bounty hunter Nick Randall (Rutger) is alleged great-grand son of famous TV bounty hunter Josh Randall (played successfully
by Steve McQueen back in the 50's). Rutger may not be a
psycho (The Hitcher-'86), a space con (Blade runner-'82) or
a blind white Samurai (Blind Fury-'90) but no problemo!
Gene (I was the masked bass player of KISS) Simmons takes
over. After the absurd hermaphrodite creature he featured in a John Stamos movie (Never too young to die-'86), this is
trully brilliant casting (though not very politically correct,
I mean him being a Jew and meanwhile portaying an Arab
terrorist in this movie). If you're a fan of action movies you have already seen this one. If you're not, hey, let me tell
you this: The end scene with the grenade stuffed in Gene's
mouth is one of World Cinema's all time classic scenes and it
makes this movie a must-see just to hear Rutger say his
famous BONUS line.....!

If you want to see action and the way terrorists should be treated watch this DVD.

Decent Film. Great acting by Hauer and Simmons. Absolutely fantastic ending (involving a certain grenade) that's worth the price of admission.

If you have only seen Gene in the borderline comedy "Runaway", see this film. He oozes evil as an Arab terrorist. The film is worth it just to see his performance.

If you want high drama, though, look somewhere else ;-)

The most interesting thing to do with this film is to watch the first few minutes and then try to predict who will be left alive at the end.

I'm sorry to say that I got this right, it's so easy to predict what will happen.

The plot breaks no new ground. An Arab terrorist, Malik Al Rahim (Gene Simmons) enters the US with the intention of blowing up a Los Angeles chemical plant in revenge for the accident at Bhopal. The authorities persuade Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) to come out of retirement to help hunt down his old nemesis. It's a kind of reversal of Blade Runner where Harison Ford is the cop dragged out of retirement to hunt down and kill Rutger Hauer.

The film deals up lots of action, it is fast paced and Rutger Hauer's sardonic wit helps to keep things moving along. Sadly, at no point does the film ever really create any sort of tension or suspense. Nor does the film really add any depth to the characters.

It's the sort of film that you will enjoy watching with a small group of friends a takeaway pizza and a six pack but the Lethal Weapon series do this kind of thing much better.