If you want to get to the very heart of what a truly great, dumb action-bullshit movie is (of the type that existed primarily in the late 80's and early 90's) look no further than Dark Angek aka, I Come In Peace. It features Dolph Ludgren (why does his costumes and hair always look so borderline camp in these early 90's films?) as a rule-breaking, tough cop, out to catch an alien drug-dealer who peddles in brain juice instead of weed or crack.
Key to the intense bullshit levels is director Craig R Baxley...better known as 2nd unit director on The A-Team TV series and on Predator. Yep, if you want a close-up tyre shot in a car chase or a bloke flying over you in slow motion, as he's blown up by a handy grenade...Craig's your man.
Like most action movie's of this period, the pace is a bit slow compared with todays standards, there's the obligatory girlfriend on the police department the hero's fallen out with and the loyal sidekick for comic relief. And smoke machines. Lots of smoke machines (the famous smog which blighted L.A. at this time must surely have been cause by their overuse).
Dumb but fun, Dark Angel is memorable for the alien's unique weapon; he fires CD's at his prey. What would the poor bugger do in the digital download age?
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