Suburban Commando (1991)

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:

The machine that Ramsey used to find the freeze laser is the PKE Meter from Ghost Busters (1984).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Whilst entertaining the Japanese businessmen, Beltz mentions that Nick Adams was in Rodan. This is untrue. Although the US version of Rodan was dubbed and featured some World War II stock footage at the beginning, there we no new scenes shot using American actors as with Godzilla, and certainly nothing involving Nick Adams.

Quotes:

Shep Ramsey: What am I gonna do for six weeks?
Commander: Why don't you try... relaxing?
[shep makes a face]
Commander: Disappear, Shep. Blend in. Get to know the locals.
Shep Ramsey: But I...
Commander: [interrupting firmly] consider it an order... Ramsey.
Shep Ramsey: [commander's face disappears; to himself] Six weeks. What am I gonna do for six weeks...?

Movie Connections:

References Ghost Busters (1984)

Soundtrack:

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

Great Fun Throughout

Out of all the movies Hulk Hogan has starred in this is probably my favourite.

Like I said on my summary, it is great fun throughout as Hogan plays intergalactic warrior Shep Ramsey who ends up on Earth after an encounter with evil villains. It is fun to see Shep adjusting to life on Earth (watch out for one scene where Shep locks a cruel dog owner in the back of a car and lets the dog go free)and to see him battle the evil bad guys who are after him (one of them played by Mark Callaway who is still wrestling as The Undertaker).

The dialogue is pretty good throughout the film and as usual, Hogan is playing a moralistic character. Shelley Winters and Christopher Lloyd do a fantastic job as well.

All in all, a great film and I just loved Shep Ramsey's suit in the movie.