This movie from Jack Sholder, the director of Alone In The Dark and A Nightmare On Elm Street (Part 2), begins with an action sequence in which a guy commits murder, steals a fast sports car and wipes himself out, Vanishing Point-style after a wild car chase through the busy streets of LA.
It transpires that there’s an alien creature on the loose which enters and inhabits people’s bodies and then indulges its love of fast motors and very loud rock music.
Hot on the alien’s trail is strange FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan in a dry run for his Twin Peaks persona) who is actually an intergalactic cop after the nasty, tentacled slug creature that killed his family.
He’s partnered with tough homicide cop Tom Beck (Michael Nouri), and the action scenes come thick and fast as they throw everything they’ve got at the fleeing creature.
A highlight comes when the alien takes over the voluptuous body of stripper Brenda Lee Van Buren (Claudia Christian of Babylon 5 fame).
Lloyd Gallagher
Kyle MacLachlan Tom Beck
Michael Nouri Brenda Lee Van Buren
Claudia Christian Lt. John Masterson
Clarence Felder Lt. Ed Flynn
Clu Gulager Cliff Willis
Ed O’Ross Jonathan Miller
William Boyett Sanchez
Richard Brooks Brem
Larry Cedar Barbara Beck
Katherine Cannon Senator Holt
John McCann Jack DeVries
Chris Mulkey Carol Miller
Lin Shaye Michael Buckley
Frank Renzulli Eddie
Duane Davis Juliet Beck
Kristen Clayton Liz
Whitney Reis Dr Glass
Rick Lieberman Dr Rogers
Joseph Whipp Adler
Jason Edwards Woodfield
Joey Aresco Agent Stadt
Steve Eastin Agent Fowler
Ted White Fielding
Mark Phelan Roberts
Branscombe Richmond Avery
Charles Edward Smith Agent Sardi
Doug Collins Agent Lowe
Bob Cummings Agent Graves
Charlie Skeen Agent Bach
Robert Brown
Director
Jack Sholder
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Hot on the alien’s trail is strange FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan in a dry run for his Twin Peaks persona) who is actually an intergalactic cop after the nasty, tentacled slug creature that killed his family.
