Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Deep Space (1988)

A secret US weapon falls to Earth (in Los Angeles - what bad luck!) and now a rather horrible insectoid killer is loose killing people left, right and centre.

Detective McLemore (Charles Napier) is a tough hard-bitten cop who does not respect authority (and other clichés). He is investigating the brutal murders of teenagers when he suddenly comes up against the US military. 

Then he discovers that a fast reproducing killer insect-thing is now loose in the city and killing people, including his partner Merris (Ron Glass)...

A not very original film, it even directly rips off a famous scene from Alien. It really is a lot of nonsense, full of characters who act stupidly. One interesting appearance is James Booth, best known for Zulu, who plays a sinister government scientist.