"I Come in peace." "And, you go in pieces, a--hole."
Cop Lundgren has a lot of problems on his hands. He loses his partner during an attempted shakedown of a drug-lord, while halting(..to put it mildly)a stick up in a grocery store nearby. He must deal with a partner assigned to him by the FBI, and to make matters worse, there's an actual alien drug dealer, who seems to stand 8 ft tall, with an arm weapon that fires a magnetic razor sharp disc and a blaster gun that blows objects up with ease. Add to this a disgruntled girlfriend forensics officer whose tired of his lack of commitment.
One thing's for certain, the giant alien's blaster gun does some serious damage, with plenty of explosions and balls of flame igniting as victims are hurled in the air along with cars. Lundgren doesn't have to stretch assuming his cop role as he would any other tough-guy part during this time in his career. The setting of Houston is utilized well, with plenty of sh-t blown up, car chases, machine guns firing, and profanity.
As usual, the FBI boss(..in this case Inspector Switzer, played by David Ackroyd)over the case(..drug dealers that were massacred by Matthias Hues' alien's deadly spinning disc)is crooked, secretly needing his agent's help(Brian Benben, as the by-the-book, uptight Special Agent Smith)securing the weapons used by the alien to assist the military.
What action movie of this era would be deprived of the obligatory strip bar? Not this one, it's a place where Lundgren's detective Jack Caine goes "to think". Betsy Brantley portrays Diane Pallone, the long-suffering gal in Caine's life who wants him to dedicate himself to their relationship. Jay Bilas is the "alien cop" out to stop Hues, warning of global terror to Caine if they don't stop him(..telling Caine that if Hues is able to get the drug supply back to his planet, they'll return to Earth for more, the result an endless slaughter). A tube is released from a device in Hues' hand that injects into the chest of human victims, rendering them helpless, heroine he had confiscated from the drug dealers. After this, Hues inserts(..more like stabs) a long spike-like tube into the skulls(..through their foreheads)withdrawing "endorphins" from the victims, the result being ecstasy in it's purest form. The film shows a series of assaults by Hues on unsuspecting humans minding their own business, unable to stop him. Of course, Caine will fare better at the end. Sherman has a cameo as drug lord Victor Manning, responsible for killing Caine's partner, off to Reno afterward, his goons remaining to make Jack's life miserable. So, in other words, Caine has a whole lot of difficulties to deal with. Lundgren does have opportunities for hand-to-hand combat, but the film illustrates Hues' alien's enormous power with how he tosses Caine in the air like a rag doll.
Cop Lundgren has a lot of problems on his hands. He loses his partner during an attempted shakedown of a drug-lord, while halting(..to put it mildly)a stick up in a grocery store nearby. He must deal with a partner assigned to him by the FBI, and to make matters worse, there's an actual alien drug dealer, who seems to stand 8 ft tall, with an arm weapon that fires a magnetic razor sharp disc and a blaster gun that blows objects up with ease. Add to this a disgruntled girlfriend forensics officer whose tired of his lack of commitment.
One thing's for certain, the giant alien's blaster gun does some serious damage, with plenty of explosions and balls of flame igniting as victims are hurled in the air along with cars. Lundgren doesn't have to stretch assuming his cop role as he would any other tough-guy part during this time in his career. The setting of Houston is utilized well, with plenty of sh-t blown up, car chases, machine guns firing, and profanity.
As usual, the FBI boss(..in this case Inspector Switzer, played by David Ackroyd)over the case(..drug dealers that were massacred by Matthias Hues' alien's deadly spinning disc)is crooked, secretly needing his agent's help(Brian Benben, as the by-the-book, uptight Special Agent Smith)securing the weapons used by the alien to assist the military.
What action movie of this era would be deprived of the obligatory strip bar? Not this one, it's a place where Lundgren's detective Jack Caine goes "to think". Betsy Brantley portrays Diane Pallone, the long-suffering gal in Caine's life who wants him to dedicate himself to their relationship. Jay Bilas is the "alien cop" out to stop Hues, warning of global terror to Caine if they don't stop him(..telling Caine that if Hues is able to get the drug supply back to his planet, they'll return to Earth for more, the result an endless slaughter). A tube is released from a device in Hues' hand that injects into the chest of human victims, rendering them helpless, heroine he had confiscated from the drug dealers. After this, Hues inserts(..more like stabs) a long spike-like tube into the skulls(..through their foreheads)withdrawing "endorphins" from the victims, the result being ecstasy in it's purest form. The film shows a series of assaults by Hues on unsuspecting humans minding their own business, unable to stop him. Of course, Caine will fare better at the end. Sherman has a cameo as drug lord Victor Manning, responsible for killing Caine's partner, off to Reno afterward, his goons remaining to make Jack's life miserable. So, in other words, Caine has a whole lot of difficulties to deal with. Lundgren does have opportunities for hand-to-hand combat, but the film illustrates Hues' alien's enormous power with how he tosses Caine in the air like a rag doll.