The Wraith
1986 · TMDB 6.4
Directed by Mike Marvin
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
Why it matters
A mysterious stranger in a sleek, otherworldly car returns to a small Arizona town to exact revenge on a gang of street racers who killed his brother.
From Full Throttle
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Released
- 1986-10-01
- Studio
- New Century Entertainment Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.4
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