WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE is a star vehicle for Dutch strongman Rutger Hauer and a pseudo remake of an old '50s TV series with Steve McQueen, no less. It turns out to be a typical chase kind of thriller as our antihero is employed by the CIA to track down an international terrorist, played somewhat implausibly by KISS frontman Gene Simmons. What follows is a usual slew of car chases and shoot-outs, with some minor conspiracy sub-plotting along the way. Hauer is a big presence here but I found the plotting quite predictable and the action scenes paling in comparison to those featuring in films by Schwarzenegger and Stallone during the era, particularly COBRA.
Review of Wanted: Dead or Alive
