Bruce Malmuths Nighthawks (1981), starring Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer, is a gritty urban action-thriller about two NYPD detectives who track an international terrorist through the streets of New York. Mixing undercover cop grit, manhunt suspense, and Hauers chilling debut as a villain, the film stands as an early 80s crime-action hybrid with strong cult status. Från IMDB: When one of Europes most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.