A renegade police officer tracks a rapist spreading a deadly virus around 2009 Boston.
Acting
Roddy Piper delivers every line like he's being paid per grimace
Production
2009 Boston looks suspiciously like 1996 Montreal with neon
Practical Effects
Virus zombies achieved through commitment, not budget
Director
Peter Svatek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Roddy Piper's fourth sci-fi film after They Live, cementing his niche as cinema's most believable paranoid everyman. He reportedly rewrote several fight scenes himself.
A perfect specimen of 'Canuxploitation'—Canadian films disguised as American productions to exploit tax shelters and direct-to-video markets. The 'Boston' establishing shots are famously Montreal's Old Port.
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