Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene... Along with F.B.I. agent Lawrence Smith, the two investigate a spate of mysterious deaths; normal non-junkies dying of massive heroin overdoses and bearing the same horrific puncture marks on the forehead. This, coupled with Caine's own evidence, indicates an alien force is present on the streets of Houston, killing and gathering stocks of a rare drug found only in the brain... Caine is used to fighting the toughest of criminals, but up to now they've all been human. Dark Angel or I Come in Peace is a 90's underrated action/thriller film starring Dolph Lundgren and i gotta say this film surprised me a lot it had a pretty cool villain who was very interesting, Lundgren was pretty cool and the film has a pretty cool ending fight sequence it's not one of the best action films from the 90's but it's really one of the most underrated ones of that time.

Imagine a no-brainer mixture of THE TERMINATOR and PREDATOR 2 and you have the basis for DARK ANGEL, a cheesy but mildly entertaining buddy-buddy cop thriller with a sci-fi edge. Despite the clichéd plot, the film delivers the good with a non-stop barrage of action. Huge explosions, heavy weaponry, a high body count and plenty of action man heroics from the tall, high-kicking Dolph Lundgren equal a worthy viewing experience in my opinion and as such the film's basic formula is a success. Lundgren proves his worth as a no-nonsense hero in what was still a fun time for the American action film and he easily fits into his hard-man persona like a glove. Acting alongside Lundgren is young, geeky FBI man Brian Benben, and the script offers plenty of comic banter between the pair as their relationship develops from hatred into respect and eventual like. Yes, I know the buddy-buddy friendship idea is as old as the hills, but thanks to Lundgren and Benben's acting it works well here and never seems dull.Matthias Hues is the big, blond evil alien, complete with white contact lenses and a PREDATOR-style wrist box through which he sucks out people's brain fluids. Hues is an imposing menace despite only getting a single line of dialogue ("I come in peace") and the final battle in the deserted factory is highly engaging. The film also has its share of hi-tech weaponry, including a deadly killer frisbee (which looks like a CD and cuts people's throats) and a super-powered gun that just seems to make everything explode. Add on to this a government conspiracy, a gang of drug dealers out for blood and another alien out to get Hues, and what you have is an action-packed movie with plenty of comedy, blood, car chases and testosterone to recommend it. In a few instances the film manages to reach the giddy, destructive heights of an action classic (the four-way street battle between Lundgren, the alien, the cops and the drug dealers is such a moment) and with a few more scenes like these it could have been a classic itself, but instead just misses the mark.

Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning (Sherman Howard). Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Manning, his partner (Alex Morris) gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...I do not want to say this is a bad movie. I mean, for what it is, it was executed pretty well. Dolph Lundgren fighting drug dealers and an alien, with car chases, explosions and a compact disc that can cut through just about anything. There is plenty to love here.The problem is that it just makes little sense. Is it worth traveling all that way for human endorphins? Could they not be synthesized? How does the alien know such things exist unless it has happened in the past? Typically I do not ask questions about alien motives or origins, but the creatures here are just demanding it...A fun film nonetheless, but not what you might call a lost classic. Definitely shows signs of being lower-budget 80s / 90s cheese.

My guess is that Dolph Lundgren had surrounded himself in the late 80's with people that would groom him into the new Arnie. He snatched the first muscle-man role that became available, playing He-Man for Menahem Golan. He did the whole secret services commando fights evil thing. I believe this was conceived as his Terminator.The rudimentary backbone per the buddy cop model, then immensely popular, is of course unorthodox cop paired with nerdy FBI guy to expose sinister conspiracy. If you thought the concept of New World Order being heralded in Cobra by a biker gang of dumb grunts was ridiculous, how about a ring of international bankers operating a drug racket? How about yuppies attending a corporate meeting with their CEO each with his handgun? And how about a car chase through busy streets with our posh but criminal yuppies shooting semi-automatics in broad daylight from their Ferrari?And that is not even the most ridiculous aspect here. What lends the film its reputation by far, is drug dealers from outer space harvesting endorphins from human hosts.The element of white-eyed aliens blasting their way through Houston, TX, of course permits a final boss that has near-unlimited hit points and can deliver tremendous damage on the human scale with peculiar weaponry, including a contraption that launches razor-sharp discs hunting for human electric loads.Why this is not Terminator or even Cobra, beyond obvious problems with scripting, explains why Dolph never made it on the scale of Arnie or Sly. Those guys had the ability to deliver both the macho persona and self-aware winks to the audience. Their cool was a way of making it seem as if they were both delivering their cheesy lines and being next to you on your couch laughing about it together.Dolph is just a hunk, a square. He has a pool table on his bachelor pad and knows about wine. Cobra's place was a mess and he cut pizza leftovers using a pair of scissors.