Without Warning (1980)
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Without Warning (1980)
Low budget precursor to Predator (87) - it seems there's this alien in the woods, flinging living parasitic projectiles which suck the life out of various victims. This has a stellar cast of old-time pros - Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Neville Brand, Ralph Meeker, Cameron Mitchell, even Larry Storch for brief comic relief, but only Palance & Landau are used to any potential; the rest are in little more than cameo roles. Palance & Landau lend a somewhat crazed tone to the proceedings; Landau's character, a war vet nicknamed "Sarge," is so nuts that he even sees aliens where there aren't any and probably shouldn't be trusted with a firearm. Palance, however - though also a bit nuts - has figured out the alien's modus operandi and may be the key to finally destroying it. This all takes place during one night and much of it is filmed in the dark woods; it can be spooky but also tough to make out what's happening in some scenes. Director Greydon Clark may have inserted intentionally loopy plot turns - at the midpoint, Sarge shoots the local cop but no one bothers arresting him for this; maybe there were no other law officers in this area. The main characters are actually a young couple who find themselves fleeing the threat for much of the movie. BoG's Score: 5.5 out of 10
further eerie similarity to Predator - the same actor, Kevin Peter Hall, plays the alien; also one of the first movie roles for David Caruso.
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