Wanted: Dead or Alive

1986
18
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

6.4K

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Rutger Hauer in Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

Bounty hunter Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) is offered two hundred fifty thousand dollars by the C.I.A. to get the terrorist behind the bombing of a Los Angeles, California movie theater. Nick quit the C.I.A. because he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now, and can he stop the terrorists?

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A bounty hunter is offered $250,000 by CIA to get the terrorist behind an LA movie theater bombing. He quit CIA because he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now? Can he stop the terro... Read allA bounty hunter is offered $250,000 by CIA to get the terrorist behind an LA movie theater bombing. He quit CIA because he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now? Can he stop the terrorists?A bounty hunter is offered $250,000 by CIA to get the terrorist behind an LA movie theater bombing. He quit CIA because he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now? Can he stop the terrorists?

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

6.4K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
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6/10

A B-Movie Full of Clichés That Entertains

The former CIA operative in the Middle East Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) is presently a bounty hunter in Los Angeles. He chases most wanted guys to get the reward and is saving money for repairing a vessel. He intends to retire and travel around the world with his girlfriend Terry (Mel Harris) and his best friend is Detective Danny Quintz (William Russ). After a terrorist attack in a movie theater, Randall is assigned to catch the evil terrorist, Malak Al Rahim (Gene Simmons), who has killed more than 140 persons in his attempt. However, the real intention of his disaffection from CIA, John Lipton (Jerry Hardin), is to use Randall as a bait to catch Malak. Terry and Danny are murdered by one terrorist and Randall discovers that the Malak's agenda is to blow-up a chemical facility and kill thirty thousand persons. But Randall now seeks revenge against Malak.

"Wanted: Dead or Alive" is a B-movie full of clichés, but supported by good actors. Today I have just seen is again (01 May 2013) and the promising beginning unfortunately becomes a totally predictable story. The conclusion is awful, with Randall chasing Malak in a refinery crowded with policemen, detectives and agents and nobody hears the shooting. Anyway this movie entertains. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Exterminador Implacável (on DVD)" ("Implacable Exterminator") or "Procurado Vivo ou Morto" (on VHS) ("Wanted Dead or Alive")

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Trivia
Rutger Hauer played the descendant of the Josh Randall character, who was played by Steve McQueen on the western television series, Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958).

Goofs
About a third of the way through, Nick and other policemen are trying to disarm a suspect holding seven sticks of dynamite only 100 feet away. The dynamite explodes much less than it should; seven sticks of dynamite would level a house, and everyone would have to be at least 300 feet away to avoid serious injury or death.

Quotes
Philmore Walker: The next time you fuck me Lipton, kiss me first!

Alternate versions
There exist two different version on videotape. One where Malak Al Rahim dies at the end, by having his head blown off, and one where this doesn't happen. The ending where Rahim doesn't die, is very tame, since the picture just fades to black, and then fades back in, with Randaal sitting somewhere pondering his fate.