- The Wraith
Infobox_film
name = The Wraith
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caption = "The Wraith" DVD cover
director =Mike Marvin
writer = Mike Marvin
producer =John Kemeny
starring =Charlie Sheen Sherilyn Fenn Nick Cassavetes Randy Quaid
cinematography = Reed Smoot
editing =Scott Conrad Gary Rocklen
music =Michael Hoenig J. Peter Robinson
awards =
budget =
released =November 21 ,1986
distributor =New Century Vista Film Company
runtime = 93 min.
language = English
country = USA
amg_id = 1:55553
imdb_id = 0092240"The Wraith" is a
1986 action/science fiction film , directed and written byMike Marvin .Plot summary
Packard Walsh and his gang steal the cars of people they threaten into intimidation races. As a result, the entire town is scared of him, except for his 'proclaimed' girlfriend- Keri Johnson, who in reality- wants nothing to do with Packard. Packard's control of the highways is suddenly targeted by the driver of a black high powered vehicle known only as the Wraith. The unknown racer arrives in town, just as a new guy named Jake Kesey does. Jake's first move is on Keri, and he also befriends Billy Hankins, who was the younger brother of her ex-boyfriend. Jake asks Billy about Keri's intentions with Packard, and Billy reveals to him that Keri was dating his brother Jamie before he was killed. While Jake and Keri become closer, Packard's gang gets smaller and smaller- as they each take on the unknown car in one on one races and end up dead at the end of them. Sheriff Loomis begins tracking down the car in an attempt to find out what's going on, but the unknown driver is unstoppable. After finally spending time with Jake during which they make love, Keri notices the similarities between Jake and her ex-boyfriend, Jamie. Packard decides to confront Keri after the last of his gang is killed by the Wraith, and he beats Billy in front of everyone at the fast food spot that he works at along with Keri. When Keri questions Packard, he reveals to her that he had Jamie killed because he felt he should have her instead of Jamie. Just as he pulls his switchblade, the Wraith appears and challenges him to one last race, which results in Packard being killed just like the rest of his gang was. As there's noone left in Packard's gang, Sheriff Loomis ends the investigation and the pursuit of the Wraith. That night, Keri is arriving at her home just as the driver of the Wraith pulls up to the curb and reveals himself as Jake. Keri can't believe her eyes- but Jake tells her that his new body was the closest he could get to being Jamie again, and tells her that they were 'destined' to be together. He then asks her to wait for him because he has one last thing to take care of. Jake finds Billy cleaning up at the fast food kitchen, and gives him the keys to the Interceptor, the only one of its kind. Billy calls him 'bro', to which Jake replies, "You said it." Just before he rides off on his dirtbike, Jake shouts that the instruction manual is in the glovebox of the car. Billy runs after him, but Jake is already gone. As Billy shouts after Jake, he suddenly comes to realize that Jake is in fact, his murdered brother Jamie. Jake picks up Keri- who was being watched by Sheriff Loomis and they ride off into the night.
Cars
The opening scene is a race between a Dodge Daytona (1984-1986 body) and the winning car was a Chevrolet Corvette (1977-1982 body). The Wraith's car was based on the 1984 Dodge M4S prototype sports coupe featuring a Trans Four OHC 8 valve I4 Engine: 400 Horsepower @ 7000 RPM: Top Speed: 194.8 (observed speed - 1984 Road & Track Magazine). and priced at over $1 million there are rumored to be 4 in existence with another replica built. It is rumored that the actual car used in the movie was a replica made from the original body molds of the M4S, but not a car originally built by the factory.
Packard's gang drives a variety of American cars ranging from a '64 or '65 Plymouth Barracuda to another '84-86 Dodge Daytona, the first car to fall victim to the Wraith.
Main cast
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Charlie Sheen as Jake Kesey / The Wraith
*Nick Cassavetes as Packard Walsh
*Sherilyn Fenn as Keri Johnson
*Randy Quaid as Sheriff Loomis
*Matthew Barry as Billy Hankins
*David Sherrill as Skank
*Jamie Bozian as Gutterboy
*Clint Howard as Rughead
*Griffin O'Neal as Oggie
*Chris Nash as MintyExternal links
*imdb title|id=0092240|title=The Wraith
* [http://www.thewraithcar.com/ The Wraith Car] - Official Restoration website (loads slowly)
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