This Anglo-American co-production mashes up the science fiction, monster movie and buddy cop genres with unconvincing results. Set in the near future/recent past -2008 - in a mildly-flooded and rat-infested London Rutger Hauer is Harley Stone, a half-insane cop chasing a serial killer who killed his partner. He is assigned Dick Durkin ( Neil Duncan) an inexperienced academic as his new partner by his barely-acknowledged superior (Alun Armstrong) and they eventually realise their quarry is not exactly human. Nothing really hangs together. Despite the odd flash of wit in their exchanges , the development of the two men's relationship is no more believable than the rubber suited monster who can tie knots despitte having huge claws for hands. The plot is illogical and the world-setting half-hearted at best.
Kim Cattrall ( as Michelle )
Sex : Michelle has been having an affair with Harley
Death : Survives
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Kim was born in Liverpool but the family emigrated to Canada when she was still a baby. She studied drama in both London and New York and made her film debut in the action thriller Rosebud in 1978. For the next few years she alternated bewtween Canadian films and frequent guest star roles in popular US TV series (Logan's Run, Starsky and Hutch, The Incredible Hulk, Charlie's Angels). She made more impact in US films in the eighties with the lead female role in Mannequin probably the pinnacle of her film career. Her star was fading in the nineties until Sex And The City in 1998 spectacularly reignited her career. She is still very active.
Tina Shaw (as nightclub stripper)
Sex : She reveals her breasts during her routine
Death : Survives
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Tina was a bit part actress active since 1986 who often played strippers. This was her final screen appearance.
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