Suburban Commando (1991)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writer (WGA):

Frank A. Cappello (written by)

Release Date:

October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Action

Tagline:

Right suburb. Wrong planet.

Plot:

Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an...

Plot Keywords:

Space Ship | Armed | Laser Gun | Children | Monster

Cast

Hulk Hogan	...	Shep Ramsey
Christopher Lloyd	...	Charlie Wilcox
Shelley Duvall	...	Jenny Wilcox
Larry Miller	...	Adrian Beltz
William Ball	...	Gen. Suitor
Jo Ann Dearing	...	Margie Tanen
Jack Elam	...	Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
Roy Dotrice	...	Zanuck
Tony Longo	...	Knuckles
Michael Faustino	...	Mark Wilcox
Mark Calaway	...	Hutch
Laura Mooney	...	Theresa Wilcox
Dennis Burkley	...	Deak
Luis Contreras	...	Ringo
Nick Eldredge	...	President Hashina

Also Known As:

Urban Commando (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Originally titled "Urban Commando", and intended for Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. When these two opted to make _Twins_ (1988), the script was bought by New Line Cinema as the follow-up to their highly successful Hulk Hogan film, No Holds Barred (1989).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Shep jumps in the air and lands on a skate board the following long shot clearly shows him to be standing on some sort of a platform supported by three large wheels.

Quotes:

Margie Tanen: Strike out?
Charlie Wilcox: I didn't even get up to bat.

Movie Connections:

References Alien (1979)

Soundtrack:

Its A Nice Place To Live (But I Wouldnt Want To Visit)

One of my favorite 1990s classics

This movie gets into my category of favorite classics of 1990s. Sure, it is more kids movie than even a family movie, and it can not compete with glowing old stream-liners like Back To The Future, not to mention recent Harry Potters, etc., still, it delivers the unique combination of funny comedy and warm atmosphere of kindness and personal achievement. You can rarely meet this combination in movies nowadays.

What I also like is that the struggle of good and evil is going on more realistic sci-fi level than usual (no mystically flying superheroes and other such things). And the Hulk Hogan's character is perfect for him. This movie is probably Hogan's best. Christopher Lloyd also performed great (as usual), and the acting of many supporting characters was solid good and fit the plot precisely.

So if you want the entertaining comedy for your family and you want to chuckle at some scenes for yourself, watch this movie. Hogan there looks like a big kind-hearted superhero uncle, so your kids will love him.