Genre fans are in for a treat as the supporting players are a bunch of familiar faces including Howard Sherman ( Day of the Dead) as Victor Manning, Michael J. Betsy Brantley ( The Princess Bride) holds her own as the lovestruck coroner and German Olympian Matthias Hues is effectively creepy as the towering evil alien who is surprisingly nimble in those giant boots. The height discrepancy sight gags are well played as Lundgren stands almost a foot taller than his fellow actor. The cast is surprisingly solid and the chemistry between Dolph Lundgren ( Red Scorpion) and Brian Benben (HBO's Dream On) as Caine and Smith respectively, is strong. As an added bonus, we learn in the featurette on this disc that Maas is actually a pseudonym for screenwriting heavyweight David Koepp ( Stir of Echoes, Jurassic Park). Make no mistake, despite my gushing, this is still a dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks sci-fi/action flick, but it is well made and doesn't take itself too seriously. There are quite a few moments of levity and the actors do more than just bicker. The piece could easily fall into a by-the-numbers routine of sloppy writing but instead takes a few occasions to expand on character development from which the film greatly benefits. The picture reportedly had two-thirds of its budget slashed before filming even began, but looking at the end result you would never know it.Īlso working from Baxley's corner is the lightning fast script by Jonathan Tydor and Leonard Maas Jr. Irwin brings an inventiveness to some shots, like the flying disc POV that adds an extra bit of excitement to an already lively presentation. There are countless over-the-top action set pieces and each one is clearly defined and easy to follow, whereas today's movies trend towards sticking the camera too close to the subjects and causing confusion of content. The film is further assisted by the skills of veteran cinematographer Mark Irwin ( Scream) whose work in the genre is staggering. Baxley keeps things moving at the speed of a bullet train and never looks back, denying audiences the time to mull over any plot holes or dropped character threads. Dark Angel is packed with action sequences involving martial arts, gun fights, car chases and giant explosions that are sure to impress the most jaded junkies of ‘80s slick action films. If the director has a signature shot, it involves placing his actors in close proximity to gigantic fireballs and having them run towards camera. I had forgotten how much shit blows up and flies through the air in this movie. Baxley ( Action Jackson) is part of a legendary family of stunt performers and knows his way around an action set piece. Neither title makes much sense, but the domestic name plays to the infamous final punchline of dialogue that I won't spoil here.ĭirector Craig R. Due to some copyright issues regarding that moniker, the film was released in the United States as I Come in Peace. In the cinematic landscape populated with such gems as Predator, Split Second and Alien Nation comes an awesome addition known around the world as Dark Angel. If this were presented as a straight forward police procedural it would be laughed off the screen, but fortunately the filmmakers know exactly what type of flick they are making and the results are pure entertainment. He arrives on the scene just long enough to provide some exposition before expiring.
Luckily for the citizens of Earth, Caine and Smith are on the case and lucky for them, there is an intergalactic cop in hot pursuit.
Apparently this is the easiest way to acquire a much more potent narcotic that is extremely popular on the streets of whichever planet this dude is from. This giant baddie is killing random people by injecting them with huge amounts of heroin and then sucking out their brain juice during their endorphin filled high. Wait a minute-is there really a spaceman slinging rocks in the Houston 'hood? No, that would be silly. Caine is saddled with an FBI boyscout named Smith, but before you can say “buddy cop picture”, an alien drug dealer arrives and the body count rapidly accelerates. But things get complicated when a bunch of Victor's men are found dead and a large amount of heroin is missing from a crime scene. When crime lord Victor Manning kills Caine's partner during an undercover operation, he has effectively signed his own death warrant, as this cop is not afraid to break the rules in the name of justice. The White Boys is an organized crime syndicate running heroin through the city of Houston, and Detective Jack Caine is determined to bring it down. Written by Jonathan Tydor and Leonard Maas Jr. Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace) Blu-ray Review
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