Walking the Edge (1983) [Blu-ray / Restored]

Cult movie icons Robert Forster (Medium Cool) and Joe Spinell (Maniac) star with Nancy Kwan (Flower Drum Song) in Norbert Meisel's gritty action drama Walking the Edge. Jason Walk (Forster), a down on his luck cabbie and numbers runner, has a chance at redemption when he crosses paths with revenge-seeking Christine Holloway (Kwan). She's after the gang of violent criminals, led by Brusstar (Spinell), who her murdered her husband and son. Jason unwittingly drives Christine to their lair and when she is unable to finish the job, a hellbent Brusstar and his goons hunt the pair with a vengeance. Jason Walk's cab prowls the seedier, grimier locales of early '80s Los Angeles and picks up passengers - gamblers, prostitutes and addicts - who match this environment. As such, Walking the Edge is both a sleazy urban thriller and a valuable visual record of an L.A. that has long since been scrubbed clean and redeveloped. And like Max Cherry in Jackie Brown, Jason Walk is the kind of everyman-turned hero that Forster excelled at playing throughout his career. With Edge, director Meisel (Mafia Girls) teamed with his wife Kwan for the first time. Screenwriter Curt Allen's subsequent credits include Forster's cult favourite Hollywood Harry. Genre veteran Jay Chattaway (Maniac and Vigilante) provides the film with a driving and catchy score. The leads are supported by a diverse cast that includes A. Martinez (Powwow Highway), Luis Contreras (Repo Man), Aarika Wells (Sharky's Machine) and Frankie Hill (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter).

Starring

Nancy Kwan

Format

[Blu-ray / Restored]

Country

United States of America

UK Certification

15

Region

Region A,B,C

Publisher

Elevation Sales

Genre

Films cinema|Thriller / suspense

Colour

Colour

Publication Date

25 Mar 2024

Catalogue No

FCESE003

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BRRS

Date Published

25 Mar 2024

Edition

Restored

Duration

94

Year of Release

(1983)

Number of Items

1 disc(s)

Media Format

Blu-Ray