History Film / Nighthawks

* BulletsDoNotWorkThatWay: A close-up of [=DaSilva=]'s partner chambering a round in his sniper rifle is ruined by the fact that it's clearly a blank cartridge.

* SubwaysSuck: Aside from the fact that we are talking about the New York City subway in TheSeventies, they get a hell of a lot worse when there's a maniac terrorist taking hostages in them.

* MagicalPlasticSurgery: Averted. Wulfgar goes to a plastic surgeon to alter his face after the French authorities get his picture, but the changes are not that major -- he's able to sneak into the United States with a fake passport, but he's still recognizable enough that A.T.A.C. finds out that he did shortly afterwards and he depends on Shakka for legwork.

** Hartman tells [=DaSilva=] that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same. Turns out that he's mostly right. The only thing he got wrong is that Wulfgar has ''Shakka'' do the homework instead of doing it himself.

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''Nighthawks'' is a 1981 thriller starring Creator/SylvesterStallone (pre-Rambo), Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, Creator/RutgerHauer, Nigel Davenport, and Persis Khambata, with appearances by Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell as a cop and Hilary Thompson as a flight attendant.

''Nighthawks'' is a 1981 thriller starring Creator/SylvesterStallone (pre-Rambo), Billy Dee Williams, Creator/RutgerHauer, Nigel Davenport, and Persis Khambata, with appearances by Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell as a cop and Hilary Thompson as a flight attendant.

* TheSociopath: Wulfgar, Wulfgar, '''WULFGAR'''. Where do we even begin? When he takes over the Staten Island tram on the climax, he refuses to even let kids go (a regular sign of good will by hostage takers), instead pointing out the gun he's carrying and telling [=DaSilva=] that if his demands are not obeyed, he will kill the kids ''and'' go "blame [=DaSilva=] for this!".

* TheSociopath: Wulfgar, Wulfgar, '''WULFGAR'''. Where do we even begin?

* GenreSavvy: Hartman. There's a reason he's the instructor for the anti-terrorist unit.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: ''So very much'' in Wulfgar's case. Underestimating him will get not only yourself killed, but also anybody unlucky enough to be in the general vicinity.

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Well, really just Wulfgar, at least after he gets a face-lift. Before the lift, he had brownish hair.

''Nighthawks'' is a 1981 thriller starring SylvesterStallone (pre-Rambo), Billy Dee Williams, Creator/RutgerHauer, Nigel Davenport, and Persis Khambata, with appearances by Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell as a cop and Hilary Thompson as a flight attendant.

''Nighthawks'' is a 1981 thriller starring SylvesterStallone (pre-Rambo), Billy Dee Williams, [[RutgerHauer Rutger Hauer]], Nigel Davenport, and Persis Khambata, with appearances by Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell as a cop and Hilary Thompson as a flight attendant.

One thing that is interesting to note is that this film was scored by [[Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer Keith Emerson]], who also scored Creator/DarioArgento’s ''Inferno'', and part of the score for ''Godzilla: Final Wars''.

One thing that is interesting to note is that this film was scored by [[Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer Keith Emerson]], who also scored DarioArgento’s ''Inferno'', and part of the score for ''Godzilla: Final Wars''.

* TheSociopath: Wulfgar, Wulfgar, '''WULFGAR'''. Where do we even begin?

* PetTheDog: Subverted. Wulfgar asks [=DaSilva=] to take small infant off the tram car holding the hostages, but ''only'' because killing the infant would make terrorist organizations unwilling to hire him, and he wants to find "work."

''Nighthawks'' is a 1981 thriller starring SylvesterStallone (pre-Rambo), Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Nigel Davenport, and Persis Khambata, with appearances by Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell as a cop and Hilary Thompson as a flight attendant.

* ClusterFBomb: There are a few throughout the film, but the most memorable one is when Wulfgar has wounded Fox, and Dasilva slips a "fuck" between every other word as he shouts threats to the retreating Wulfgar.

*** Hartman tells [=DaSilva=] that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same. Turns out that he's mostly right. The only thing he got wrong is that Wulfgar has ''Shakka'' do the homework instead of doing it himself.

One thing that is interesting to note is that this film was scored by [[EmersonLakeAndPalmer Keith Emerson]], who also scored DarioArgento’s ''Inferno'', and part of the score for ''Godzilla: Final Wars''.

''Nighthawks'' is a 1981 thriller starring Sylvester Stallone (pre-Rambo), Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Nigel Davenport, and Persis Khambata, with appearances by Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell as a cop and Hilary Thompson as a flight attendant.

* HeyItsThatGuy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] and [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Lt. Ilia]] from killing everyone. Also, [[TheBionicWoman Lindsay Wagner]] plays [=DaSilva=]'s ex-wife.
* JurisdictionFriction: [=DaSilva=] is very uncomfortable with Hartman's "shoot first" mentality that he wants the cops to have when dealing with Wulfgar. He actually has an argument with Hartman over this mentality. His coming to terms with this is the only reason DaSilva survives when facing off against Wulfgar. There are also examples earlier in the film when different divisions of the police department don't seem to like each other much if at all.
* MoodWhiplash: Quite a few. The most tragic of these is perhaps when Hartman dies. One moment, he's talking to DaSilva about getting chinese food, and then he sees Shakka at the top of the escalator he's on. It doesn't end well for him.
* OhCrap: There are a small number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escalator.

* BadassBeard: Dasilva sports an awesome one throughout the film.

*** Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same. Turns out that he's mostly right. The only thing he got wrong is that Wulfgar has ''Shakka'' do the homework instead of doing it himself.

* DisguisedInDrag: DaSilva has a penchant for this.

* HeyItsThatGuy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] and [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Lt. Ilia]] from killing everyone. Also, [[TheBionicWoman Lindsay Wagner]] plays DaSilva's ex-wife.
* JurisdictionFriction: DaSilva is very uncomfortable with Hartman's "shoot first" mentality that he wants the cops to have when dealing with Wulfgar. He actually has an argument with Hartman over this mentality. His coming to terms with this is the only reason DaSilva survives when facing off against Wulfgar. There are also examples earlier in the film when different divisions of the police department don't seem to like each other much if at all.

* PetTheDog: Subverted. Wulfgar asks DaSilva to take small infant off the tram car holding the hostages, but ''only'' because killing the infant would make terrorist organizations unwilling to hire him, and he wants to find "work."