The Wraith

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Summary: A must see for any car buff
Review: Great movie from the 80's. Not just for the fact of a great story line and great looking cars, but for the fact of vengence sheen gets on all the bullies who did him in when he was alive. Aslo a little note for all, The Wraith car is the PPG pace car Dodge Turbo Interceptor, which has the same 2.2 ltr turbo charged engine as the Daytona. And if you look closely in the garage there is a proto-type 86' Daytona <when the movie was made>.

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Summary: Rock meets demolition durby-ish teen angst
Review: Charlie Sheen and Nick Cassevettes play rivals to their maximum potential. I remember seeing this movie when it first came out and love watching it over and over. The characters are non-forgetable and the love story between "Jake/Jaime" and Sheryl Lynn Fenn's character are played out perfectly. This is one of those 80's movies that you won't soon forget.

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Summary: One of the great classics in American Film
Review: Have seen this movie 5 times and still enjoy it every time. Great storyline about a guy who comes back from the dead in a futuristic car that out races and out performs anything else on the road, including the cars of the people who are responsible for his death. Great flick if ever you were the one at school who always got bullied and rarely ever got the beautiful girl. A good line up of classic American muscle cars also gets the blood racing as do some of the women.

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Summary: One of the best movies ever.
Review: One of the best movies ever. The actors, cars, music, and plot wher wonderful. I would say that this movie is on the top of the list for the greatest movies ever made in the '80's era. As a matter of fact, I personally know someone that belonged to a band that named it after the movie. I could se why since the name is so fierce and powerful.

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Summary: Superb for the young car enthusiasts
Review: If anyone is interested in high-performance cars, youth culture (along with a superb soundtrack), plus a romantic story line, this is the one for you! Add a bit of fantasy & mix together on a quiet night & you have the perfect recipe for top class entertainment! Personally I found the film very powerful & quite emotional at times. The cars are well worth a look, especially the '77 Trans-am with the blower poking through the hood! Add a bit of good old fashioned revenge & you have a superbly entertaining night in! Don,t take my word for it, just SEE IT!!

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Summary: Holy Cheese Batman!
Review: Yes, this is a Swiss movie - it's holy cheese.

Entertaining, though, at least from a nostalgia point. I grew up watching this movie every summer, and it hasn't lost it's charm to me. Charlie Sheen being bad yet good, villians named Packard driving 'Vettes, Clint Howard! This movie has it all.

Unfortunately, the transfer isn't great. Very watchable, but dark. I believe a better transfer was just released in April 2004, though I can't verify this. You may want to try to find details on that one, but you won't go wrong with this.

If you like Rebel Without a Cause esque drag races, 80s special effects and music and Charlie Sheen, well, this movie might be a keeper.

Just take it with a grain of salt.

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Summary: Soundtrack, where are you?
Review: I've read through the entire customer reviews and no one seems to have any clue as to where to get the movie soundtrack to this perfect 80's movie. My one favorite song in the movie is "Hold On, Blue Eyes" by LaMarca. But I can't get any info on this group. I don't know if the name "LaMarca" is a band or a solo artist. It's very difficult to get the soundtrack, and I don't see why. So what if it's an old 80's movie. Look at Grease. That movie came out like in the late 70's or something. Ugh! And not to mention Saturday Night Fever, which came out like when Jesus was sipping wine and breaking bread with his disciples. Both the soundtracks are still around, never hard to find, and still selling like flies. Can I get a witness? Grease may be more of a popular movie than The Wraith, but still....I'm still an ANGRY customer. IF THERE'S ANY DIE HARD 'WRAITH' FAN WHO KNOWS WHERE AND HOW I CAN GET THE SOUNDTRACK, EMAIL ME: [e-mail].....apps~

p.s...and to amazon.com staff, this may sound silly, but I'm desperate. If you can assist me at all in finding this movie's soundtrack, please inform me.

This desperate reviewer remains thankful and hopes for a positive response....apps~

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Summary: Great 80's Flick!
Review: When I found this was out on DVD, I had to pick it up. It's a bit dated, but it is still pretty good.

The film involves a gang of car 'thieves' who meet a mysterious black car on the road and try to take it. One by one, the gang members end up dead. Sounds like a pretty good plot to me.

The wraith, a mythical being that drains the life energy from it's victims, is a fitting title, as each time a gang member dies, the car and driver get bolder and bolder.

The car itself is a technological wonder, actually being a Chrysler/PPG pace car that was built using space age composites and the like. It was used in the film, although since then, the original has been sold to a collector and subsequently lost.

This film has one of the best soundtracks from the 80's. It has everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to Honeymoon Suite. The film transfer was adequate, and makes this as good a quality as VHS, if not slightly better.

Overall, this is a cool film...

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Summary: Bad , but 'Good' Bad.
Review: in fact worse...no seriously this could be THE WORST film ever.

It can't decide if it wants to be a road-movie, a teen romance, a supernatural sci-fi adventure, a slasher/revenge movie...it's all over the place, but that's what makes Wraith so perfect...it's SO bad.

The acting is weedy, the dialogue is unbelievably corny. I was almost in tears laughing at this...

Even worse than Roadhouse.

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Summary: Dodge Daytona Pace Car
Review: This movie exemplified 80s experimentation and reinvention, a la Madonna's many makeovers. Don't like the way things turned out? Start over with a new face, invincible attitude, go for what you want. The car and Charlie Sheen's moody pouting face were quite the unbeatable team (can't say I drooled over Charlie when he was at the swimming hole). Nothing compares to the look of the gang's techno-geek when he tried to boobytrap the car and couldn't!