Dolph Lundgren plays police detective Jack Caine (cool name), a tough cop who doesn't always follow the rules. He's assigned a new partner, a by-the-book FBI agent (Brian Benben). The two are forced to work together to bring down a gang of drug dealers called the White Boys (good lord). Their investigation leads them into conflict with a mulleted alien killer who is being pursued by a mulleted alien cop.A sci-fi action flick that's better than it has any right being. That isn't to say it's good, just not the stinker I thought it would be. The whole thing is full of clichés. They mine every cop movie cliché from the '80s and '90s imaginable, as well as borrowing from a number of sci-fi and horror movies. Still, the aliens & drugs angle seems fresh and everything is handled slickly. The buddy cop parts of the movie are fun, with the 'Oscar & Felix' dynamic between Lundgren and Benben working well. The action scenes are fine, as are the bits of nudity throughout. The soundtrack is pure late '80s greatness (or ear cancer if you're not into hard rock or light metal). It's nothing that's going to change your world but it's a decent way to pass the time, if you're a fan of buddy cop movies or action sci-fi. I saw this under the title I Come in Peace. The other title is Dark Angel, an unimaginative title which was been used for lots of things and doesn't really tell you anything about the movie. I prefer I Come in Peace.

Hollywood briefly tried to turn Dolph Lundgren into the next Arnold or Sly after his breakout role in 'Rocky IV', but sadly it just never happened and he was soon relegated to straight-to-video land. It's a shame really, because though he lacks Arnold's natural charisma, he's certainly got more range than Steven Segal, a contemporary whose career did take off.'I come In Peace' (known everywhere outside of North America as 'Dark Angel' for some odd reason) is easily Dolph's best feature film (as the lead). It's a sci-fi buddy cop movie with a premise that falls apart under even the slightest scrutiny, but Lundgren and co-star Brian Benben have good chemistry and the script is occasionally witty.And because it's the 80s (well, 1990), what are the odds that it ends with a joke/freeze frame/feel good rock song? 'bout a %100

This is another childhood relic of mine and believe it or not it's one of my favorite films of all time, it's also my favorite film with Dolph Lundgren in it, he's always been one of my favorite if most underrated action stars which is something were becoming seriously scarce of.I really like the plot I think it's really unique for the alien invasion subgenere. Instead of the cliché approach of trying to take over the world, here this is an alien that is a drug runner and wants to kill humans not to take over their planet but to harvest humans to produce an illegal drug out of them. And I thought that was a wild but cool idea, it almost seems like it could of been a plot line for another "Men In Black" sequel, and this film was years before that movie. Let alone there really aren't that many films that deal with aliens and drugs except the movie and TV show "Alien Nation" but that's a different story.It also has the typical buddy cop format, it's nothing new but it's everything done right. I really like the back and forth between both Dolph's character Det. Jack Caine and Larry Smith (Brian Benben TV's "Dream On"). Jack is the cop that done't go by the book and Larry is the one that is technical and a higher up in a way but a bit inexperienced since he hasn't seen a lot of action. So it's a bit of an experienced cop and rookie relationship. I like that it does develop both have great lines and warm up to each other, even liked seeing some growth on Larry's part when slowly but surely he begins to become disillusioned with certain things he believes.The music is just excellent. I mainly love that theme song which is one of my favorite theme songs of all time.And of course in this film were here for both the action and effects and they are just excellent. The evil Alien (Mathias Hues) is one of my favorite fictional villains. It's true this alien doesn't say much except the line "I Come in Peace" probably the only English he knows which makes sense he's a alien after all but that line always gives me a bit of a chill because you know he doesn't. And this alien really doesn't need to say much of anything at all because he's a doer, he's just got such colorful and fascinating weaponry and gadgets to play with much like the "Predator" alien which is ironic since it's second film came out the same year and also takes place in the urban city. Let alone the size of this alien which makes him intimidating.He's got some drill wire to pump his prey with heroin and some spike on his wrist to extract the chemical he needs. But of course two of the most memorable are his powerful hand gun which is a bit like with the Lawgiver in the film/comic "Dredd"; because with this gun you can adjust the frequency of the gun to any intensity you want it to. It's awesome seeing him use it as ever single controlled burst shot just blows up a car, could possibly blow up a tank. Let alone the sound it makes, I wanted one of those guns.And of course the discs of death, the cinematography shot of those is just beautiful making them seem like a character of their own. As we those discs just bounce off walls or just seeing them zero in on their targets silting or thrusting at their throats.These features really give this alien an edge and really make both protagonists have to go for broke to win. The action sequences are well done and well choreographed, like a sequence where Jack Kane struggles with one of the Bad Aliens weapons the drill wire, it was almost like watching a tug of war.Overall "I Come in Peace" is awesome and I feel if your a fan of the action, sci-fi genre or even both then check it out. Not every alien coming to town is friendly.Rating: 4 stars

It is a very thin line between 'Dark Angel' and films like 'The Terminator' or 'RoboCop'. That 'line', more often than not, comes largely down to budget. 'Dark Angel' (or 'I Come in Peace' as it will always be to me) is no more far-fetched in story than the films it aspires to be and manages to make up for its small budget with enough pyrotechnic absurdity to make Michael Bay blush and one-liners that could give Arnie a run for his money.'Dark Angel' follows detective Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) whose investigation of Houston's organized drug smuggling syndicate, 'The White Boys' (a tongue-in-cheek troupe of Patrick Bateman clones straight out of 1980's yuppie culture), is interrupted by an extra-terrestrial drug-harvesting alien and the cosmic cop on his trail. Okay, so, when I put it like that, it does sound more than a bit silly but this is the stuff of comic books; it's incredibly violent and could easily accompany films like Spawn, Predator, or Darkman.The humanoid alien has come to earth to steal heroin which he then injects into his victims using a snake-like probe. The drug results in a tidal-wave of endorphins which the ghost-eyed E.T. extracts from their brains using a giant spike directly to their foreheads. Come on, that's kinda cool... right? In a time when CD's were a mysterious technology, ironically (*wink wink*), the alien's primary weapon is a razor sharp, self-propelled shiny silver disc that is tuned to the electro-magnetic frequency of humans. His back-up weapon is a kick-ass gun that fires 3-times the speed of the one used in 'RoboCop'. That was literally the request made of the prop department and achieved to great effect; there are seemingly more explosions than dialogue. I started counting fire balls a few minutes into the film and even before I got to the climax, I lost count somewhere around 36. You could make an epic drinking game out of this one and be fall-down drunk half-way through.For all its hokey, misguided ambitions (and for what it's worth) this is Lundgren's best performance. He's fresh-faced, human, 99% intelligible and, in a sharp about-face to the tough-guy cliché, he collects art, sips Cabernet, and longs for romance. It's a weird take but they balance it out by giving him one of the cheesiest action-movie one-liners of all time. Alien Drug Dealer: 'I come in peace.' Dolph: 'and you go in pieces, asshole.' It's pretty unfor(give)getable.Apparently, 'Dark Angel' (the original title) was envisioned as a big-budget blockbuster (aren't they all) and was written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Spider-Man). If you've seen it, you might think me an optimist but this really could have gone either way. The fact that it went the way of the forgotten late-night video rental is fitting but there is some really vintage stuff here and it's never boring.