An incredibly UNTIMELY movie in that Walter Hill was on his way out, 88 was a new chapter in action as Die Hard was released, effectively sending Hill to the back of the line.
such a crap movie though, Walter Hill repeatedly just doesn't do good scripts and forces what he's trying to achieve, lots of tone-deafness in this one one of Arnold's worst love Deadwood
doesn't do good scripts? he wrote or co-wrote The Driver, The Warriors, The Long Riders, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs, Aliens, Undisputed. they are all good scripts