| Suburban Commando | |
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| Directed by | Burt Kennedy |
| Written by | Frank Cappello |
| Produced by | Howard Gottfried |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bernd Heinl |
| Edited by | Terry Stokes |
| Music by | David Michael Frank |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $8 million[1] |
Suburban Commando is a 1991 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy, produced by Howard Gottfried, and written by Frank Cappello. The film stars Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Larry Miller. Additionally, a young Elisabeth Moss briefly appears in her film debut.
The film was originally titled Urban Commando, and was intended for Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. When these two opted to make Twins (1988), the script was bought by New Line Cinema as the follow-up to another Hulk Hogan film, No Holds Barred.
In the film, an extraterrestrial warrior botches a part of his mission. He is subsequently instructed to take a vacation, and causes damages to his own control systems while reacting in frustration. He crash-lands on planet Earth, and finds himself stranded there until his spaceship recharges itself. He unintentionally gets his new landlords involved in conflicts with his foes.