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Band of the Hand (1986)

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Movie Info

Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser warmed the director's chair for Band of the Hand. The film zeroes in on five juvenile delinquents who are plucked from their various detention facilities and unceremoniously dumped in the wilds of the Everglades. The boys begin to panic until hardcase Vietnam veteran Stephen Lang arrives. Lang explains that they've been paroled in his custody, and that it is his task to teach them how to work as a team in order to survive. The logic of this plan

R, 1 hr. 49 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Paul Michael Glaser

Written By: Jack Baran, Leo Garen

In Theaters: Apr 11, 1986 Wide

On DVD: Jan 28, 2003

Cast

Stephen Lang
Joe
Michael Carmine
Ruben
Lauren Holly
Nikki
John Cameron Mitchell
J.L.
Daniele Quinn
Carlos
James Remar
Nestor
Leon
Moss
Al Shannon
Dorcey
Danton Stone
Aldo
Paul Calderon
Tito
Laurence Fishburne
Cream
Tony Bolano
Felix
Julian Byrd
J.L.'s Father
Dan Fitzgerald
cop
Frank Gilbert
Antione
Gerrit Graham
Michael Gregory
Van Guard
Erla Julmiste
Celeste
Deborah King
Yvette
Joe Petrullo
Narc
Bill Smitrovich
Chavez
Christopher Berry
Moss' Clipboard Guard
D. Blakely
Guard
Matt Buther
Cop
Carl Cofield
27th Avenue Player
Colman
Helicopter Pilot
Antoni Corone
Narc
Roy Datz
Rene
T.R. Durphy
Drug Dealer
Eddie Edenfield
Counselor #1
James Eros
Hakim
Peter Fournier
Ruben's Clipboard Guard
Allyson Garret
J.L.'s Sister
Sandy Mielke
Reception Guard
Joan Murphy
J.L.'s Mother
Nelson Orames
Officer
Jimi Ruccolo
Diablo
Luis Valderrama
Chooch
Jim Zubiena
Officer
Pat McCorkle

Critic Reviews for Band of the Hand

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (7) | DVD (4)

It plays like a TV pilot filled out with a few cusswords and strokes of excess violence.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Dullsville

May 28, 2005 Comment

Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

If you somehow remember this one with some fondness, do yourself a favor and never see it again.

September 26, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

It's the closest any film of the era comes to predicting the mission-based Miami world of the recent video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

February 5, 2003 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Gil Jawetz

DVDTalk.com

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The film that made me forever think of James Remar as a bad guy. Miami Vice era cheese.

September 24, 2006

Steve K

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It's Mod Squad meets Miami Vice and was a regular staple in my mid teens back in the mid 80's when HBO took a great movie like let's say Band of the Hand and showed it a couple of thousand times a year and as a 16 year old you never got tired of watching it. I still don't get tired seeing this rag tag bunch of j.d.'s

July 4, 2010

Curtis Reynolds

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