Street Asylum

Jun 6, 1990

1h 34m

★ 4.5

This Cop Isn't Losing His Mind - It's Being Taken From Him!

Overview

In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser) has an electronic device put into his back that turns him into an out-of-control psychotic killer and put on the Strike S.Q.U.A.D. (an acronym for Scum Quelling Assault Urban Devision), which is a unit of crazed cops assigned by Captain Bill Quinton (a typically gruff Alex Cord) to rid the City of Angels of criminals by using any means necessary. The only problem is that Arliss discovers what's going down and decides to put a stop to all this madness.

Genres

Action

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Hit

Metropolis Pictures

Street Asylum Trailers

Cast

Arliss Ryder

Wings Hauser

Capt. Bill Quinton

Alex Cord

Kristen

Roberta Vasquez

Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum

Sy Richardson

Reverend Mony

Brion James

Jim Miller

G. Gordon Liddy

Det. Stoddard

Jesse Doran

Burney

Lisa Robins

Dr. Weaver Cane

Marie Chambers

Raton

Jesse Aragon

Tattoo

William Shockley

Additional Voices (voice)

Christopher Kriesa

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