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Midnight Ride

  • 1990
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
1.1K
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Midnight Ride (1990)
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A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

  • Director
    • Bob Bralver
  • Writers
    • Russell V. Manzatt
    • Bob Bralver
  • Stars
    • Michael Dudikoff
    • Mark Hamill
    • Savina Gersak
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bob Bralver
    • Writers
      • Russell V. Manzatt
      • Bob Bralver
    • Stars
      • Michael Dudikoff
      • Mark Hamill
      • Savina Gersak
    • 28User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Michael Dudikoff
    Michael Dudikoff
    • Lawson
    Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
    • Justin Mckay
    Savina Gersak
    • Lara
    Robert Mitchum
    Robert Mitchum
    • Dr. Hardy
    Pamela Ludwig
    Pamela Ludwig
    • Rental Agent
    Timothy Brown
    Timothy Brown
    • Jordan
    Lezlie Deane
    Lezlie Deane
    • Joan
    • (as Lezlie Dean)
    Steve Ingrassia
    Steve Ingrassia
    • Man with Joan
    Cynthia Szigeti
    • Mrs. Egan
    DeeDee Rescher
    DeeDee Rescher
    • Receptionist
    • (as Dee Dee Rescher)
    Regina Krueger
    • Nurse in Elevator
    Judy Bartram
    • Nurse
    Mary Peters
    Mary Peters
    • Nurse
    R.A. Rondell
    • Officer Baker
    Suzanne Celeste
    • Cook
    Bob Bralver
    • Policeman
    Michael Crabtree
    Michael Crabtree
    • Policeman
    Louis Schwiebert
    • Policeman
    • Director
      • Bob Bralver
    • Writers
      • Russell V. Manzatt
      • Bob Bralver
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    • Goofs
      During the final battles, there is a short chase-sequence where Justin Mckay (Mark Hamill) and Lawson (Michael Dudikoff) fall down a flight of stairs after bumping into a nurse. Before and after this scene, both their shirts are covered in blood, but during the scene they are white and clean.
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Egan: What do you WANT?

      Justin: I want

      [points at her glass eye]

      Justin: THAT!

    User reviews28

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    a creepy little road movie
    Despite receiving top billing, I wouldn't call this a Dudikoff movie. It's Mark Hamill's movie all the way, as the former Luke Skywalker chews the scenery and steals the entire film. In a role that again demonstrates Hamill's versatile talent, he plays a mental patient who has escaped from his hospital to visit his doctor, Robert Mitchum in a small supporting role towards the end of the film. After an argument, Dudikoff's wife leaves him and goes to see her sister, picking up hitchhiking Hamill along the way. Dudikoff borrows his friend's car and sets out to find her, unaware of the danger she will soon be in. As much as I like to see Hamill play good guys, he always makes a delightful bad guy, and his role here is one of his best psychotic characters. Even when he's playing nice there's an underlining sense of uncertainly. The wife finds out Hamill is a psycho when he kills a hotel clerk and fashions a necklace out of her fake eye, dangling it from his finger and asking if she likes it. Dudikoff soon catches up, but learning he's a cop, Hamill forces the wife to hightail it, setting off a dangerous game of pursuit. Dudikoff thinks his wife is trying to get away with another man, and the entire time, always ends up one step behind. At one point he loses his car, forcing him to steal another from a car carrier truck as it speeds down the highway. (A great scene, by the way).

    There's plenty of action: car chases, explosions, car chases, explosions, and one tense scene in which Hamill straps Dudikoff to the hood of a taxi cab and proceeds to slam repeatedly into the rear of a gas tanker (the driver of which must be completely unable to feel the hits his vehicle is taking). The climax at a hospital is pretty good as well, with a tense final encounter between Dudikoff and Hamill on the roof of the building. The gritty cinematography helps give the film a horror movie-like tone. I just wish we had known a bit more about Dudikoff and his wife. All we know is that he and a friend helped get her out of Russia, though how we are never told. But that little unknown plot point aside, MIDNIGHT RIDE is effective as a creepy little road movie, and fans of those should enjoy it. It would make a terrific Saturday triple-bill with DUEL and THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.
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    • Apr 11, 2002

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    • Release date
      • July 20, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • In den Klauen des Frauenmörders
    • Filming locations
      • San Luis Obispo, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Cannon Pictures Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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