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Contagion 2009

Original title: Sci-fighters
  • Video
  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
694
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Roddy Piper in Contagion 2009 (1996)
Sci-Fi

Boston, 2009. A police detective (Roddy Piper) searches for Adrian Dunn, his ex-partner (Billy Drago) who murdered his wife. Dunn has escaped from prison on the moon and returned to Earth wi... Read allBoston, 2009. A police detective (Roddy Piper) searches for Adrian Dunn, his ex-partner (Billy Drago) who murdered his wife. Dunn has escaped from prison on the moon and returned to Earth with an alien virus.Boston, 2009. A police detective (Roddy Piper) searches for Adrian Dunn, his ex-partner (Billy Drago) who murdered his wife. Dunn has escaped from prison on the moon and returned to Earth with an alien virus.

  • Director
    • Peter Svatek
  • Writer
    • Mark Sevi
  • Stars
    • Roddy Piper
    • Jayne Heitmeyer
    • Billy Drago
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    694
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Svatek
    • Writer
      • Mark Sevi
    • Stars
      • Roddy Piper
      • Jayne Heitmeyer
      • Billy Drago
    • 21User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Roddy Piper
    Roddy Piper
    • Det. Cameron Grayson
    Jayne Heitmeyer
    Jayne Heitmeyer
    • Dr. Kirbie Younger
    Billy Drago
    Billy Drago
    • Adrian Dunn
    Tyrone Benskin
    Tyrone Benskin
    • Dr. Gene Washington
    Richard Raybourne
    • Casper
    Donna Sarrasin
    • Tricia Rollins
    Karen Elkin
    Karen Elkin
    • Zombie Woman
    Chip Chuipka
    • Capt. Lankett
    Ricky Mabe
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    Andy Bradshaw
    • GT
    Richard Zeman
    Richard Zeman
    • Desine
    Danielle Desormeaux
    • Female Officer
    HoJo Rose
    HoJo Rose
    • Young Doctor
    • (as Howard Rosenstein)
    Philip Pretten
    • Dr. Underwood
    Carl Alacchi
    Carl Alacchi
    • Lead Roof Cop
    Doris Milmore
    • Hooker
    Gaëtan Cusson
    • Customer
    James Rae
    James Rae
    • Paramedic
    • Director
      • Peter Svatek
    • Writer
      • Mark Sevi
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    3mstomaso

    Slightly better than the average C grade sci-fi film

    This is a low budget B movie with three interesting actors as its main attraction: Piper (who established himself well in They Live), Drago (who unfortunately never seems to get a role worthy of his abilities) and Heitmeyer (though inconsistent, she had her moments in TV's Earth Final Conflict). Piper and Heitmeyer must find a way to work around their differences and their sexual tension to defeat Drago and the army of alien virus carriers he is spawning through rape and murder.

    The film starts out strong - with Drago getting into a fight with a fellow prisoner in a lunar prison and introducing the audience to his nihilism, sadism and psychosis. He dies in prison, but has been infected with an intelligent alien virus which reactivates his nervous system and uses him as a host to spread itself. Piper plays a member of an elite security force, and Heitmeyer plays a microbiologist brought in to study the virus as Drago begins his killing spree. The plot becomes more elaborate as the film progresses, and eventually takes on some details which really challenge believability. For example, it turns out that Heitmeyer vaguely resembes somebody who had been between Drago and Piper when they were in the academy together, and this is used as a device to permit a few gratuitous and silly bra scenes where Heitmeyer distracts Drago from his murderous intentions. Although the actors pull off their performances well enough, and the cinematography is relatively good for the genre, the plot is too thin to be sustained.

    The bottom line is that this is not a suitable film for anybody who is NOT a fan of Piper or Drago. Heitmeyer fans will likely find this disappointing. It has little going for it besides decent acting, a reasonable script and a reasonable action-pace.
    9Clever Jones

    Not bad at all...

    You'd think that a film like this would really suck, but to be honest, it's really pretty good. Billy Drago is terrific in this role, and has a lot of presence. Roddy Piper is fine. The rest of the cast is made up of homegrown talent from here in Montreal.

    There's nothing terrible about the film, and nothing magnificent either. Sets look fake, acting is fine, script is a tad weak, but overall this film really delivers on action.

    6.5/10
    6Gafke

    A pleasant surprise

    I admit it. I thought this movie was going to be a total piece of crap. But I was wrong.

    Adrian Dunn is a violent and very creepy convict serving out his sentence on a lunar base prison. When he kills a fellow inmate, he is infected with a nasty alien virus that the dead man had been carrying. Assumed dead, Adrian is shipped back to Boston for burial...but he awakens as a red eyed zombie inside of his body bag. When a rape victim turns up at police headquarters and identifies Adrian as her assailant, Cameron Grayson, aka Roddy Piper, flies into action! Turns out that Adrian was in jail for the brutal rape-murder of Roddy's wife, Katie. When the rape victim dies a horrible, explosive death, Grayson and his new friend Dr. Kirbie Younger realize that they are running out of time. Adrian is spreading his disease with every woman he rapes, and Kirbie is next on his list.

    Okay, yeah. This movie is cheap looking, silly in places and suffers from an abysmal budget, but it's really not that bad! Roddy Piper is quite likable as Grayson, and Jayne Heitmeyer is a smart, resourceful ass kicker. And Billy Drago as Adrian Dunn is awesome! He really makes Adrian a sinister, creepy and somewhat pathetic monster, shuffling zombie-like through the dirty streets. His scene with a woman tied to a bed is really chilling. By film's end, he looks like a melted candle with the worlds worst case of acne. Icky! But really effective.

    I've seen much worse movies than this one. "Sci-Fighters", despite its stupid and misleading title, is quite likable and enjoyable with well-drawn and involving characters. Worth watching for Drago's performance alone.
    4MrWizard-4

    slow and predictable

    Cops that shoot like the a-team. bad guy monsters that can't be killed and exhale methane. Probably some good movie in there somewhere if you can sleep through the boring bits.
    4JoeB131

    Not as bad as one would expect

    This wouldn't have been a bad movie if they had a script doctor go over the dialog a bit.

    Essentially, the world has undergone a nuclear winter, and a convict escapes a lunar prison after being infected by an alien life form designed to convert the world over to methane, and does so by raping women and infecting them with alien-crabs. Or something. Roddy Piper plays a cop who put the convict away, and Jane Heitmeyer plays the hottie doctor trying to find a cure.

    Pretty much, that's all the plot you need to hang the action sequences on. Piper gets into some fights, there are explosions, cheap special effects and some nude scenes. I'm sure this film was made on the cheap, but they got a lot out of a cheap budget.

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    • Trivia
      Billy Drago spent four and a half hours a day in the make-up chair for his role as Adrian Dunn.
    • Goofs
      When talking to Capt. Lankett about the disappearance of Dunn's body, Det. Grayson calls Logan Lunar (Spaceport) "Logar Lunar".
    • Quotes

      Casper: Who are you really? And what kinda faggot name is Cameron, huh?

      Det. Cameron Grayson: Aww, Cameron's just your regular kinda faggot name.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: The Marine (2012)

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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1996 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Небесные воины
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Triboro Entertainment Group
      • Workin' Man Films
      • Shostak/Rossner Productions
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    • Budget
      • CA$2,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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