Mike Marvin directs Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn and Nick Cassavetes in this teen sci-fi supernatural revenge car gang flick.

A drag racer remake of High Plains Drifter with an unexplained UFO sci-fi element to it. Charlie Sheen turned up for one crammed day of filming. He’s barely in the movie despite being the lead. So we assume he is also The Wraith, a stuntman permanently in black leather and black biker helmet. He’s getting revenge against a Mad Max style road gang who also therefore have to wear helmets when racing. Safety doesn’t exactly suit their oily punk vibe but hey-ho. A hot and heavy crotch rock soundtrack and a hot and heavy Sherilyn Fenn just about save this. Charlie was unsurprisingly available to film his sex scene. Never boring, rarely coherent. Something something about Clint Howard’s Eraserhead hair.

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