Die gnadenlose Clique (1986)
58KDie gnadenlose Clique: Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. With Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell. Five juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighborhood.
“u0026quot;Band of the Handu0026quot; has no trouble standing on its own; itu0026#39;s jammed with plot, the cast is colorful, and the very notion of using societyu0026#39;s rejects to clean up the streets somehow fits right in with the time. That sort of DIY community- outreach angle mixed with coming-of-age urban drama . . . and u0026quot;Lord of the Fliesu0026quot;? How the hell do you pull that off? I enjoyed this because it does pull it off, and youu0026#39;d be surprised at how well thatu0026#39;s done. Also, thatu0026#39;s one hell of a soundtrack.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the best way I can describe this movie is u0026quot;Miami Vice-adjacentu0026quot;, which suits me perfectly. This has the feeling of an episode from the showu0026#39;s first couple of seasons. Most of the cast are carry-overs from the series (as well as the filmmakers), and it captures the gritty style, whether youu0026#39;re sweating to death in the u0026#39;glades or staying alive on the neon streets. All of itu0026#39;s seedy, and none of itu0026#39;s especially light – even though weu0026#39;re talking about a teen movie. In its own way, this is a treasure.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e7/10”
