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[[File:I-Come-In-Peace-Poster_9318.jpg|frame|[[Incredibly Lame Pun|...But you'll leave in pieces.]]]]
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''[[I Come in Peace (Filmfilm)|I Come in Peace]]'' (1990) (released and known worldwide as ''Dark Angel'') is a science fiction action thriller film about a [[Cowboy Cop|rule-breaking vice cop]] who becomes involved in the investigation of a number of mysterious drug-related murders on the streets of Houston, Texas. The film was directed by Craig R. Baxley, and stars [[Dolph Lundgren]], Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley and David Aykroyd.
 
Jack Caine (Lundgren) is a Houston cop who is determined to wipe out the White Boys, a gang of white-collar drug dealers who killed his partner while Caine was waylaid stopping a convenience store robbery. Little does he know that there is a new drug dealer in town, one who preys on heroin addicts in order to get his own drug of trade -- made from the endorphins extracted from heroin users. But this guy's home turf isn't in Houston. It isn't even on planet Earth...
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=== This movie contains examples of: ===
* [[Alien Blood]]: They bleed a blue clay-like substance.
* [[BFGBig Freaking Gun]]:
{{quote| '''Jack Caine:''' [while being chased by the White Boys, Larry produces a huge firearm, which resembles a cannon more than a gun] What the hell is that? <br />
'''Arwood "Larry" Smith:''' A Christmas present from my mother. }}
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: The alien drug dealer.
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* [[Deadly Disc]]: The alien shoots small magnetically-powered disks that ricochet around the room and home in on humans' electrical patterns.
* [[Hand Cannon]]: The alien's weapons look like regular handguns. But when shot, [[Stuff Blowing Up|HUGE explosions]] ensue.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Guy!]]: Martin Tupper from ''Dream On'' stars alongside Lundgren.
** [[ESPN]] commentator Jay Bilas also has a role.
* [[I Come in Peace]]: Subverted.
* [[ItsIt's Personal]]: Caine was already going after the WhiteBoys, but then they had to go and kill his partner...
* [[No Biochemical Barriers]]: Human endorphins work on alien brain chemistry. Unless there's a [[Placebo Effect]] involved...
* [[Picky People Eater]]: The alien drug dealer harvested brain fluid from Earthlings that could be rendered into a powerful recreational drug on his home planet.
* [[Powered Byby a Forsaken Child]]: The alien drug dealer collects his narcotics by injecting humans with heroin before using a spike to extract the endorphin-laden brain fluid.
* [[Pre -Mortem One -Liner]]: After the evil alien has been impaled on a pipe:
{{quote| '''Bad Alien:''' I come in peace. <br />
'''Jack Caine:''' But you go in pieces, asshole. }}
 
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
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