Zone Troopers
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3.5/5 Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Country United StatesItaly | 5.4/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 1, 1985 Cast (The Sarge), Tim Van Patten (Joey), (Mittens), Biff Manard (Dolan), William Paulson (The Alien), Peter Boom (Col. Manheim)Similar movies Independence Day , Interstellar , Guardians of the Galaxy , Captain America: The First Avenger , Edge of Tomorrow , Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Tagline They Take War To A New Dimension. |
Zone Troopers is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Danny Bilson and starring Tim Thomerson. It was filmed in Italy by Empire Pictures with Charles Band as executive producer. The original music score was composed by Richard Band. Over the years the movie has acquired a cult following.
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Plot

In Italy during World War II, an American military patrol discovers a spaceship that has crash-landed in the woods, along with its alien crew. A nearby Nazi unit also sends a patrol to investigate the crash and to capture the aliens if possible.
Availability

The film was released on videocassette by Lightning Video in 1986. In 2005, due to the film's cult following, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer renewed the copyrights to the film and aired a widescreen print of the film on Showtime, fueling speculation that a DVD release may be possible in the near future. The film can be viewed on Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service.

The movie was released on a manufactured-on-demand DVD-R by MGM as part of their Limited Edition Series on December 6, 2011.

The film was released on Region A Blu-ray on July 28, 2015 by Kino Lorber. It features a commentary track by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, an interview with Tim Thomerson, and the film's original trailer.
Development

This film reunited a good number of the cast and creators of the 1985 film Trancers.




References
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