NIghthawks (1981)

In a gritty New York City, Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams are a pair of police detectives who have been recruited to an anti-terrorism squad to hunt down ruthless international terrorist Rutger Hauer. While on the squad, Stallone is challenged on how ruthless he needs to be in order to defeat the bad guys. None of the main cast are treated as superstars so the story is able to concentrate on the action and drama without becoming overwhelmed to making the stars shine. The makeup department went overtime here making Hauer unrecognizable so he could allude capture halfway through the film and also making Stallone convincingly pass off as female.