A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
Director: Walter Hill
Stars: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088194/
Watched online: part 1, part 2, ok print.
14 songs in the Soundtracks.
The singer is DL, playing hard rock. The kidnapper is WD. RM is DL's manager/bf. MP is the mercenary/ex-bf. AM is a soldier MP picks up along the way.
If this had not been tagged Music, I wouldn't have submitted that genre. Yes, it's about a singer, and we see her "perform" (but DL is not mentioned on the Soundtracks page). But the story here is strictly about the action, and who can be/pose as the toughest.
The poster captures the mood pretty well, although it's far more colorful than the film.
MP, whose name looked familiar, but not his face, is still active, and has 115 acting credits (14 are not released), with this as his 3rd, and with this as 1 of his 4 "Known for" credits. I hadn't rated any of them. My life would have been complete without having seen this either.
RKO, Universal & more, dir. Hill; 5
