CATEGORIES Action, Cinematical   Title: Nighthawks  Setting:
1980 New York City, sort of like Walter Hill's The Warriors,
only in daylight.  Our hero: Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva,
who has a real problem with pulling out his gun despite having
already killed (literally) 52 people, and his completely
pointless partner Billy Dee Williams.  Our villain/s: Rutger
Hauer. Can you believe someone cast Rutger Hauer as a villain?
Sarcastic wit aside, Hauer is wonderfully evil as international
terrorist Wolfgar (often spoken with exclamation points), and
it's interesting to note that this is the Dutch character
actor's first American film. So there, I just noted it. Also
there's an evil henchwoman played by the late Persis Khambatta,
of Megaforce and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  The stakes:
Well, considering that Wulfgar(!!!) blows up a London department
store before scurrying his way to New York City, I'd say the
stakes are high enough for Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva, his
completely pointless partner, and so