What a beautiful movie!

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Dreadfully Boring

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I remember seeing Black Moon Rising on the shelves in the video store when I was just a little one, digging through the dusty cassette covers in the kung fu section. It had caught my eye with that awesome looking car on the front, along with the hilarious Supervan!And even though it was the eighties, where video stores were a little more lax on ratings, it was still something I never really jumped at hiring.Moving on 25 years and as both a fan of eighties movies, and as an independent film director, I have been going back to those films of my childhood that I was never lucky enough to see!I recently picked up Black Moon Rising in my local Poundland, and couldn't wait to get it on screen. As an actor, I think Tommy Lee Jones is fantastic! Yet, at the same time, I find him very hard to watch... I think it's that accent. To me, it seems exaggerated for the most part. But in BMR we have a younger Jones who is a little more appealing.In a nutshell - John Carpenter's story and screenplay isn't Oscar winning, but it is a hell of a lot better than most eighties flicks, and is highly entertaining! Action, twists, plenty of stars and some chuckles help fill out this adventure thriller that is worth the watch!In my opinion - Anti-hero Quick (Mr Jones) pulls off his role of a professional thief with such calm and coolness rarely seen in today's cinema. Because of this, he comes across as a much more likable character than usual. Anti-heroine of the hour, Linda Hamilton, squeezes as much of her big hair and cheekbones out of every scene, jumping in on the action as much as her co-star does as the ultimate car thief who falls for her victim.BMR hardly drags anywhere in its running time, with the excitement kicking off from the get-go mixing car chases with tense escapes, dark murders with great stunt work leading to a fun end showdown that ties it all up nicely!Black Moon Rising is well worth the watch and still entertains almost 30 years later...

The FBI hires professional thief Quint (Tommy Lee Jones) to steal some data tapes. But he's caught in the act and has to hide the tapes in a prototype super car called the Black Moon. But then the Black Moon is stolen by a car thief (Linda Hamilton) working for big bad guy Ryland (Robert Vaughn). Entertaining popcorn thriller directed by Harley Cokeliss from a story by John Carpenter. Tommy Lee Jones drops one-liners and attracts babes like a true Carpenter hero. Linda Hamilton is great as sexy car thief Nina. She gets the most character attention of anybody in the film. She's also lovely to look at, with her full lips and big '80s hair that she rocked so well. Robert Vaughn redeems himself from Superman III with a nice hissable turn as a villain here. Lee Ving and Bubba Smith appear as thorns in our hero's side. An underrated movie and a fun one.

A very smooth, calculative if unfathomable cult heist feature penned by John Carpenter and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton and Robert Vaughn. The story follows that of a professional thief on his last job, which's hired to steal an important tape for the feds but this is compromised when he hides it in the back of a super-high-charged car to only see it get stolen by a highly organised grand theft auto ring. Carpenter's story is hectic, as what starts off simple, erupts when one unexpected thing after another occurs seeing plans not going to plan. It's downright absurd in its ambitious plotting, but surely entertaining in its chase/heist elements nonetheless. A certain neon-noir quality is etched from its atmospherics and Tommy Lee Jones' cool and collected performance is hypnotically natural. Harley Cokeliss's direction is commendable, concentrating on moody exchanges, violent beatings and a suspenseful cliff-hanger of a climax. The set-pieces are well-timed and precise with a few spectacular moments. Would have been interesting to see what Carpenter could have done with it though. Everything moves at an exciting, rapid pace and then there's Lalo Schifrin's eclectically humming score. The rest of cast equip themselves well. A comfortable Robert Vaughn does his villainous turn in starkly ice-cold manner and Linda Hamilton adds feisty shades to her headstrong performance. Also there's earnest support by Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, Nick Cassavetes and William Sanderson.

Former high-tech thief turned government agent Sam Quint (Tommy Lee Jones) must find a means of retrieving a stolen super-car named the Black Moon, which has hidden inside of her a data tape the FBI desperately wants, from a skyscraper/fortress run by a criminal mastermind named Ryland (Robert Vaughn), who has an whole underground operation dedicated to the redistribution of stolen vehicles and is more than willing to resort to murder in order to protect himself and his organization. Quint's only link to the inside may be one of Ryland's own car thieves, a spirited young woman named Nina (played by Linda Hamilton), if Quint can convince her to help? Never before have I witnessed such an outstanding cast in such a by the numbers action thriller, a movie that essentially owes its plot, believe it or not based on a story by John Carpenter, more to "Knight Rider" than anything else. Jones tries to add some humor to this one's always much too serious atmosphere but it's not enough to make this even the least bit memorable. Despite some good stunts arguably ahead of their time in some respects, everything just feels so routine and ho-hum here it's as though everyone was just hoping to get this turkey done and collect their paychecks as quickly as possible before moving on to other projects. Forgettable. Watch "Knight Rider" instead.