Tough Crowd

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2005)

Arnie leads the roughest bunch of "good guys" you'll ever see in what he thinks is a third world rescue mission. The mission soon becomes secondary to the boys' struggle for survival in dense jungle against an alien who kills humans for sport. Several memorable Arnold lines, particularly directed at Weathers ("pushing too many pencils, Dillon?" "you still don't understand, do you Dillon?" "we're assets Dillon, just expendable assets") and the ensemble cast is ready for action, best of a solid bunch being Sonny Landham as the group's expert tracker ("there's something out there, and it ain't no man.......we're all gonna die"). The first hour or so is as good as it gets in this type of movie (whatever that is). I think as the crew gets picked off the movie loses steam, with the final cat and mouse between the Gov and the alien almost anti-climatic. Good score and sound effects - THE best movie for my ersatz Surround Sound.