I Come in Peace Will Go in Pieces on Blu-ray via Shout Factory

Steve Barton |

Mar 26, 2013

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I Come in Peace Will Go in Pieces on Blu-ray via Shout Factory I make no apologies for my love of the 1990 sci-fi action flick I Come in Peace AKA Dark Angel AKA Dolph Lundgen vs. a drug dealer from outer space armed with killer CDs. Now Shout Factory is again proving its greatness by giving it the Blu-ray treatment.

I Come in Peace AKA Dark Angel stars Dolph Lundgren as a Houston cop who always keeps his word. Brian Benben is a smarmy FBI agent assigned to work with Lundgren when his partner is murdered by yuppie drug dealers, who are themselves slaughtered by an extraterrestrial drug dealer (Matthias Hues) looking to harvest human endorphins – the drug of choice for those living in a galaxy far, far away. And let’s not forget that the alien’s space age superweapon is to shoots razor-sharp CDs from his wrist that are like heat-seeking missiles attracted to the human magnetic field, preferably within the vicinity of the jugular vein.

Criminally underrated action director Craig R. Baxley is behind this b-movie bonanza that blends sci-fi, action, horror, mismatched buddy cop comedy, death by throat-slashing CDs, violent yuppie drug dealers played by character actors typically cast as high school principals in 1980’s sitcoms, and Dolph Lundgren spouting off one-liners like “Fuck you, spaceman!”. This was Lundgren’s own Predator and a fun one at that.

The Warner Archives’ on-demand service only just made the film available on DVD under its original alternate title Dark Angel for the first time a year or so ago. Looks like we I Come in Peace fans are going to have to double dip because Shout Factory has just announced plans to bring it to Blu-ray in what we can only hope will be one of their fully loaded releases.

No artwork, disc details, or even a release date has been announced yet, but according to Blu-ray.com, we do know it will be presented in its original 1.85.1 aspect ratio and will be a two-disc set containing both the Blu-ray and a regular DVD copy.

Now if only the fine folks at Shout Factory could give the same treatment to another personal favorite of mine that has gone overlooked for far too long, The Vindicator. If you can put direct-to-video Scanners sequels on your release slate, there’s no reason why this gem can’t also be resurrected for today’s audience.