They drove him to the edge, and on the edge there are no rules.
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).
Walking the Edge has been restored in 4K from its original camera negative and now makes it UK Blu-ray debut.
Directed by: Norbert Meisel
Starring: Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell, A Martinez, Aarika Wells, Wayne Woodson, James McIntire, Russ Courtney
1983 / 94 min / 1.85:1 / English Mono
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- New 4K restoration from its 35mm original camera negative
- "Scoring the Edge," a new video interview with composer Jay Chattaway
- "Det Jurgensen Remembers Forster and Spinell," a new video interview with "French Connection Cop" Randy Jurgensen
- "Breaking Point," a new video essay by filmmaker Chris O'Neill
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Booklet with new essay by filmmaker and writer Jim Hemphill
- Newly recorded audio commentary by film historian Chris Poggiali and film producer Matt Verboys
- Archival audio commentary by director Norbert Meisel and stars Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan
Slipcover and booklet limited to 1000 copies
