Dark Angel (1990)

Originally title: I Come In Peace

Director: Craig R. Baxley

Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues

A renegade cop is forced to work with an FBI agent in order to bring down a group of drug dealers with sinister plans.

An alien arrives on Earth in a ball of flames. A Drug deal goes horribly wrong. And about to get caught in the middle, is Detective Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren). When members of a drug cartel called The White Boys lead by Victor Manning are killed, Jack’s girlfriend, coroner Diane (Betsy Brantley) makes a startling discovery that defies logic.

Jack is assigned to the case, along with cocky new partner FBI Special Agent Smith (Brian Benben). Believing Jack was responsible for the deaths of the White Boys members, Manning sends his men after Jack. Meanwhile, the alien starts killing people, and when he is pursued by another alien, all hell breaks loose.

There’s more than enough action to satisfy the action movie junkies. In a time before CGI, the explosions were real and looks great on screen. (Don’t you just hate those fake CGI explosions!). Without some of the humour and one-liners, ‘Dark Angel’ could have been an even better sci-fi action thriller. Still, this was entertaining and I enjoyed it for what it is. It felt like a cross between ‘The Terminator’, ‘Predator’, and even a bit of ‘Highlander’.

Unfortunately, ‘Dark Angel’ flopped at the box office.

Would I watch it again? Yes.