The Outsiders (1983)

 

The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.

From memory: Odd, not quite satisfying melodrama about troubled teenagers (with a remarkable cast of some young up-and-coming stars) does a good job conveying juvenile life and behaviour, but the artificiality of the settings are quite off-putting.

Halliwell (no star): "Oddball youth melodrama, a curious choice for a director with big successes behind him."

Maltin**1/2: "Florid, highly stylized...Ambitious film evokes GWTW and '50s melodramas..., but never quite connects, despite powerful moments." 

Tank (1984)

A sergeant major believes in Truth, Justice and America, until the sheriff of a little town puts his only son into jail of a crime he hadn't done.

Politically dubious and unfunny "feel-good" movie on the level of an average TV production.

Halliwell (no star): "Fairly lively if predictable American fantasy in which one just man stands up against the uncaring and/or corrupt mob."

Maltin**: "One-dimensional rehash of  SUPPOSE THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME? turns that film's shades of gray into simplistic good-guy/bad-guy story...Odd to find Garner in such a cornball movie."