Dark Breed (1996)

Six astronauts are infected by an alien organism.

Director:

Richard Pepin

Writer:

Richard Preston Jr.

Stars:

Jack Scalia, Cindy Ambuehl, Jonathan Banks

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jack Scalia	...	Nicholas 'Nick' Saxon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cindy Ambuehl	...	Burgess
Jonathan Banks	...	Joseph Shay
Gregg Brazzel	...	Lasker
Carlos Carrasco	...	Fox
Josh Clark	...	Rice
Kerrie Clark	...	Waitress
Robin Curtis	...	Marian
Angelo Di Mascio Jr.	...	Reubens
Chris Finch	...	Teenage Boy
Larry Finch	...	Sergeant Quist
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Homeless Man
Leon W. Grant	...	Jackson
Shellie Haas	...	Teenage Girl
Sal Landi	...	Zimmerman

Storyline

Captain Saxon, and agent for the top secret Omega agency, has been given the assignment of tracking down and either capturing or killing the crew members of a secret space mission who returned to Earth against orders. It seems that they were all infected with an alien parasite, and they were trying to bring its eggs back to Earth. The eggs were lost in an accident, and both Saxon and the astronauts are trying to locate them. What could the government want them for?

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Plot Keywords:

time bomb | astronaut | alien | alien parasite | parasite | 

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Taglines:

The Unknown Has Revealed Itself

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and gore

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 2003 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Casta salvaje

Filming Locations:

555 West Shoreline Drive, Long Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

PM Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Matrix Surround

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Fox, Burgess and others are US Air Force members. The correct uniform of officers and enlisted members are different, but in this film the caps, insignia, and other details are mixed haphazardly.

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Connections

References Alien (1979)

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Soundtracks

War Of The Rock
Written & Performed by Gil Karson
Published by Karson West Publishing (BMI) and O.I.T. Publishing (BMI)

User Reviews

PM films: Glass's natural enemy

There sure are a lot of panes of glass destroyed in this PM production, involving a bunch of astronauts coming back from space infested with evil aliens hell bent on taking over the Earth. The leader of the aliens is Mike from Breaking Bad, but, you see, he's also still a good guy underneath.

Their former Captain is out to track them down, along with his ex-wife (who also has an alien in her), some evil G-men, etc etc. It's a PM film, and therefore chock-full of car chases, explosions, and a rather large amount of people being thrown through panes of glass.

I was expecting this to be your usual run of the mill 'people running around a warehouse being chased by aliens' film, that only really happens at the end (and via a flashback also). When the aliens do appear, they are rather, eh, Predator like, but I wasn't complaining as they laid waste to all the G-men.

Throw in some mild gore, loads of gunfights, some not bad car chases, and plenty on nineties cheese and you have all you need to pass the time while you're waiting to die.

One thing: In some scenes the alien contact lenses seem to have been inserted incorrectly.