Man...the end, when Jake is about to leave town and stops at the burger shop to give the car to his brother...and the moment his brother realizes Jake is really his dead brother....and he starts crying and yelling for him to come back. Gets me every time.
Thanks for ruining the movie DICK!!!!!! Next time say spoiler alert then tab down so we have to hit read more before you fuck up the next movie for someone. So selfish but im glad you got to say your 2 cents. 🤣🤣🤣
I never forgot this movie. I watched it so many times as a kid. This movie was like "The Crow" and "Fast and Furious" had a love child. Loved it, and so underrated.
Of course, well spotted, but no one actually died, but good old Charlie is giving it a bloody good shot, don't die mate, you are far more interesting alive.
The Wraith is one of my favorite films. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE a good revenge tale! You have Martin Sheen's son, John Casvette's son, Ryan O'Neil's son, Dennis Quaid's brother and Ron Howard's brother all in one film.
@@deanhinson4095 I guess his dad used to beat the hell out of him for little reason or no reason at all Ryan probably a papa John Phillips on his daughter Tatum when she was really young if some of the stuff you hear these days that happened in some of those young Stars really happened Hollywood should change its name to hollyweird
This movie had all the ingredients for an awesome 80's movie. Great soundtrack, great car scenes, great story line, a little bit of humor, action & nudity. Yep! Totally 80's!!!!
Would Have Loved To See A TV Show Based On This With Billy Growing Up, Understanding The Power Of The Car And Becoming A Vigilante In Tribute To His Brother Jaime.
Here in Germany this movie is famous like E.T. or Star Wars. This movie is a legend over here. When we were kids, this was a real blockbuster. In Germany the name of the movie was not "The Wraith" but "Interceptor - Phantom of Eternity". BTW: The Hitcher with Rutger Hauer was also an awesome movie that is highly underestimated imho. This movie is brilliant.
Das ist doch Quatsch. Ich hab auf die Schnelle niemanden gefunden, der den Film kennt. Dafür kennen alle Star Wars und E.T.. Eventuell kam er hier in Deutschland besser an als in den USA, aber er ist sicher nicht annähernd so bekannt/beliebt wie z.B. Robocop oder Mad Max. Und diese beiden Filme hängen den beiden von Dir genannten Filmen schon deutlich nach.
@@34psbolide Also in meinem Freundeskreis kennt den Film jeder noch von früher. War damals bei uns in aller Munde. Wenn ich heute jemanden fragen würde, "kennste noch Intercepror - Phantom der Ewigkeit?" wäre sicher keiner darunter, der sich nicht an den Streifen erinnern kann.
@@ganimed1976 Mag ja sein. Das will ich auch nicht bezweifeln. Aber bei mir kennt ihn bisher niemand(Baujahr 1984). Ich fand es nur überzogen, ihn auf die gleiche Stufe wie Star Wars und ET zu stellen. Aber nichts für ungut. ;)
@@34psbolide Okay, ich geb zu dass das etwas überzogen ist. Aber bei mir im Freundeskreis kannte den echt jeder. Zumindest die Freunde, mit denen ich rum hing. Ich bin 1976 geboren. Meine Kumpels damals waren auch alle so 78er bis 81er Baujahr. Da kannte den Film wirklich jeder. Der Streifen ist Kult heute.
I remember seeing this in 1987 and i was in awe at the time. A few months ago i actual caught the Wraith on tv from beginning to end. And Once Bitten came on after it, who remembers Once Bitten?
Ramon Bennett I have that movie on DVD. Even convinced my wife that James Carrey is Jim Carrey's twin brother lol. She is younger than me so she is a little gullible.
I remember the first time I saw this movie on cable. The one thing that really got to me was how sad I felt for the younger brother. Even at the end because he didn’t even know what was going on until The Wraith was leaving for good.
I ball like a little girl everytime because my younger brother died in 91. We use to watch this movie all the time. We were in our early 20`s and actually lived through all that with the hot babes, Iroc Zs and Trans Ams. haha
This movie is special for me as I used to watch it with my dad from the time I was a kid to a teenager. It's one of the great memories I hold dear after he passed. My dad would blast the music like he was a teen again. I had never wanted a car more then I wanted that one lol
Wow this is unreal; that there are people that remember this movie. I have talked about this movie before to people and they look at me as if I have lost my mind. Thank you for bringing back a gem of the 80s.
I actually saw the special car hauler that was hauling the cars to the location as it went through Phoenix. This movie is a prime example why you should never listen to a movie critic. I rarely agree with them and typically I just ignore them. this is a great movie. You did miss one thing about one of the biggest stars of the movie though... the car the Wraith drives was a special Chrysler PPG Pace car that was loaned to the movie company for the movie. It was a one of a kind prototype and came with a whole crew of mechanics and engineers to maintain it. "He's no match for the 'Cuda son!" I didn't know about Johnny Depp though. I imagine the real reason he was hanging around was to keep an eye on his girlfriend around Charlie Sheen... knowing what we know now about both of those two people!
The studio must've bailed on promoting it, because I've never heard of it until just now, and was *exactly* the target demo. Look forward to watching it soon, thanks Minty!
@@jimtownsend3910 Sucks getting old. I can't remember if my buddy let me watch the video he rented from the video store back in 87 first or if I watched it on one of those cable TV movie channels. A few years ago I remembered. haha 2 years ago I bought another Wraith DVD because all my DVD`s and VHS tapes got ripped off.
Now THIS movie deserves a reboot. A modern version of the Turbo Interceptor with a Viper engine please. Just no Charlie Sheen, I doubt he could take another morphing into the Wraith again, he would either morph into an ashtray, or Heidi Fliess's thong.
You missed one other thing nobody knows. The Wraith's car was a Chrysler concept car. In fact, in some of the scenes, you can see a very faint Chrysler logo on the hood.
@@CycolacFan There were actually 7 cars built for the movie....but most people dont know it was the PPG Pace car for the Indy Car series... ppgpacecars.com/dodge-m4s-1986-ppg-pace-car/
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Apart from your calling it “The Wrath” occasionally @Minty, I love this vid! I first caught ‘The Wraith’ back when I was doing my GCSE exams, and i’ve loved it ever since. It’s underrated and cheesy but great fun regardless.
All filmed around Tucson, AZ. A totally ridiculous movie. My favorite part is at the end when the ghost of the older brother gives his kid brother magical car that killed about a dozen people in the movie. I can just picture the kid being pulled over by cops after 2 days. "Hey kid, we've been looking for this car. It's been implicated in twelve murders. You have some explaining to do."
Yeah, the soundtrack is great. I put together an extended version containing all of the songs heard in the film in play order back in 2010. Just one of the 591 officially released/extended soundtracks I have. :)
I love the Wraith, I first learned of it when I visited my father in Tucson Arizona where it was filmed. I moved there a few years later and most films that were filmed there really bring joy to me. Can't Buy Me Love is another one that just get me with it's Tucson-y goodness. Sadly it has changed a lot since these films were made.
This has to be one of my all time favorite movies from the 1980s. Screw the stupid critics, this was and still is an awesome movie. I love watching this movie. And the soundtrack is awesome.
Seen it at least 10 times..Its pronounced WRAIIITH. A wrath is what your wife does when she catches you with her sister..You KNOW she'll kill you.Thanks for keeping a great movie alive mate.lol
I never forgot about the movie; I always loved it from the first time I saw it back in the 80s at some point. The "Turbo Interceptor" car was super cool.
I think his pronunciation of Packard's name is funny. He pronounces it "Pack hard!" However, since he's English and he loves The Wraith, I will give him a hall pass.
Haha I know, it's pretty hilarious. I love Minty, but him mispronouncing the word Wraith in the live action cutaways and the super obvious dubs in the voiceovers killed me. And he missed one in the voiceover, which made it even more obvious. My guess is that he probably grew up thinking that the movie was called The "Wrath", and only learned that is was actually "Wraith" after he had already finished making this episode.
One of my favs, have the DVD so I can watch all the time. Actually traced the running Wraith car used in the movie, not far from me, ending up in Kansas. At least it was when I checked last. Would love to buy it. Great job.♥️♥️
I had just turned 20 yo when this movie came out in '86. Never saw it in the theater, but it got heavy playing time on HBO in the '87 to '89 time frame. I have never forgotten it and still love it to this day.
I liked low end movies like this one growing up. Not everything had to be this big epic blockbuster flick like the way they do it today. This and 'My Science Project' are ones that came out about the same year with this low 80s mentality that I love to watch sometimes back to back. I wish they still made films like this.
80's sci-fi was weird science...the girls were so hot...and voluptuous....the guys were the coolest of cool....the soundtracks captured our innocence, our angst ... our joy and our plans....I MISS THOSE DAYS
Oh my God!!! I just discovered your channel a few months ago. Love it!!!! And the Wraith!?!?!? You already had tons of cred, and it just went up X10000000!
The wraith .. one of my favorite movies to bad he thus not gets he respect it deserves . Nicely done for the year 1986 . I saw him in the early 90s and i was sold. I still use the name sometimes for accounts and apps and games love it !
I don't remember this coming out at the theater, but once I stumbled across it on cable late one night I was hooked. It should have been marketed better. Even the soundtrack alone would have gotten me to see it on the big screen. An overlooked gem.
I saw this when it hit VHS...I agree, this was a great movie. It was very emotional at then end when his brother was calling out to him to come back and halfway through realizing who it was...
Minty that was awesome I love the wraith. Born in 1976 I love 1980's cinema and the wraith is one of my favorites! Thank you for being one of us. An 80's enthusiast !!!
We rented this movie on VHS when I was a kid. I loved it, we even made a copy with the second VCR trick. You can also watch it for free on YT right now.
Thanks for doing this movie I love it. I had to find it on DVD and add it to my collection. Friends that come over and see it in my collection always ask what is this, they have never seen it but after I play it for them they love it. Keep up the great work 👍
YES YES and YEEEESSSSSS!!! I’m literally FLOORED right now! Thank you SO MUCH for putting this up! Besides you’re the ONLY RU-vidr that could EVER do this film any real justice! Loved the list, loved the graphics you’re simply the BEST!!! #1980sawesomeness 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤗🤗🤗😎🍿👌🏽👍🏽
I'm showing my age, but I went to see the wraith in theaters. I was 10. I watch it anytime it comes on tv, it never seems to get old. You're right, No One seems to remember it, which is sad.
Thank you MARK! I'm an old man now, but have watched almost every movie or televised movie or Shows ever made & this was very entertaining for me. Great 'CALL-BACK' on all the people who were so young then! Johnny Depp on the Film Crew, WOW! Didn't know that one! I wanted that Black Car, but knew it would be HARD TO SEE out of to drive it anywhere. I do love The 80'S for the EXPLOSION of MOVIES & MUSIC that changed the WORLD! Just like YOU, MARK, are doing now!! KEEP ROCKIN' ON, MY FRIEND!!!
I was introduced to this in high school when a friend and I rented it. He had seen it and loved it, I had never heard of it yet. Cool seeing you review it!
@@anthonybarrass5318 -- One of the Barracuda cars ended up getting reused in a TV show or made for TV movie.. It had been painted over, but on a good quality video, you can see some of the "airborne" paint scheme peeking through.
I loved this movie when I was younger, it's just a fun and ridiculous romp and I was entertained. Now I might have to watch Wraith, Maximum Overdrive and The hitcher again. It's been 3 decades since I've seen any of them
I still remember this movie very well, always been one of my favorite films, even in 2021. I also live in Arizona not far from the locations. I will ALWAYS love this movie. I have seen it more times than i can count and love the music and car too. I also have seen Maximum Overdrive and Hitcher which i really love too. Another movie i really love at this time is Retroactive. All cheesy popcorn flicks but awsome. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I don't understand why he says it right in some scenes but wrong in others. It's definitely annoying! I hate how he pronounces Packard as well. It's not Pakkard, it's Packard. Pronouncing it Pack-Card is flat out annoying AF!
Kavinsky's OutRun album's spoken parts tell about a teenager in 1986 who's soul is merged to a demonic red car in a crash and invisible to everyone but her girlfriend. The album cover features a silhouette of a man against a thunderstorm with a Ferrari Testarossa. The movie might have given some inspiration, I think.
If he reads the comments I'm sure he'll watch it The Heavenly Kid is an awesome movie they mentioned The Hitcher isn't that the movie that Bart Simpson gets pulled into by a semi
Mark Bishop, I really know a lot about this , saw it pretty sure on TV on a Saturday night, heavily edited, at maybe 2 years old, possibly younger lol wish we could totally talk about a barrage of stuff which could be super fun also because of our different upbringing, generational identifications and sure there's multitudes of varying attributes, making those media fact topics fantastically fun when we discuss lol :) Clearly we need to talk about calling it The WRATH repeatedly and the "Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock saving a whale" comment is almost too easy to debate smh lol
The first movie I watched alone, was in 1990, I was 9 years old and I had a huge crush on Sherilyn Fenn after it... It was also the first DVD I purchased, spent months looking for a copy. Totally love it!
I love your videos! Thank you for over-dubbing and fixing your pronunciation of "The Wraith". It makes it so much more enjoyable to re-watch. Keep up the good work!
@@richardike2342 Yes you can. Principle photography (when they actually shoot the filming of the actors) can last as little as 30-60 days. Everything else before/after principle photography is done with a 2nd or 3rd Unit for things such as stunts and to allow time for any CG production and rendering. This is why for some actors, they can be in multiple movies that release all in the same year - because they don't just film one movie/tv show for a few months and they're done for the year.
Yeah, i loved this movie as well... i watched it again only a month ago, plus watched some RU-vid Videos about how someone "was going" to make reproduction "Dodge M4S Turbo" Wraith Cars from the Molds they made of the original car for the Movie! Would of been great if you could of bought your own "Dodge M4S Turbo" Wraith Car!!
At the beginning of the 90s, my family went on holiday in the Czech Republic. There, in a public restaurant, this movie was played, of course in Czech. I did not understand a word, but I did not care. I wanted to see this movie again. Of course, I forgot the movie, even today, when Minty has brought this beautiful memory back again. :D
You forgot about the 1984 Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor that was in the movie it was a Indy 500 pace car with a 2.2 litre 4 cylinder Twin Turbo 440 hp and top speed of 196mph
It is a pretty cool 80s flick. I saw it at the age of 8 and sometimes I do re-watch it. Still holds that special coolness factor. And the soundtrack is also pretty damn cool. Mötley? Ozzy? Billy Idol? Come on.
This is one of the greatest movies ever!!! Critics and the general public were super ignorant back then The Wraith is an all time classic not just 80's classic
