Alien from L.A. (1988)
1.8 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
Wanda Saknussemm (Kathy Ireland) is a nerdy social misfit with large glasses and an intolerable squeaky voice who lives in Los Angeles and works at a diner. After being dumped by her boyfriend for "not having a sense of adventure", Wanda is informed by a letter that her father, an archaeologist, has died. She flies to North Africa and while going through her father's belongings, she finds his notes about Atlantis, apparently an alien ship that crashed millennia ago and sank into the center of the Earth. Wanda comes across a chamber beneath her father's apartment and accidentally sets off a chain of events that ultimately cause her to fall into a deep hole. An unharmed Wanda wakes up deep within the Earth to find Gus (William R. Moses), a miner whom she protects from being slain by two people. Gus, who has a very inconsistent Australian accent, agrees to help Wanda find her father, whom she believes is alive and trapped underground. Wanda soon discovers that both she and her father are believed to be spies planning an invasion of Atlantis. During her adventures, Wanda's appearance changes from nerdy to attractive (by removing her glasses and using a steam vent to clean her skin). People from the surface world are referred to as "aliens" by Atlanteans, who appear virtually identical to surface dwellers, and when Wanda is overheard talking about Malibu Beach by a low-life informant (Janie Du Plessis), she soon becomes a hunted woman and must dodge efforts at capture, both from the mysterious "Government House" and from thugs in the pay of the crime lord Mambino (Deep Roy). During these sequences, many references to Wanda's "big bones" are made, as though it were a trait by which she could be identified; however, no obvious physical distinction between Wanda and the Atlanteans is noticeable... - Actors:
- Kathy Ireland, William R. Moses, Richard Haines, Don Michael Paul, Thom Mathews, Janie du Plessis, Simon Poland, Linda Kerridge, Kristen Trucksess, Lochner De Kock, Deep Roy, Albert Maritz, Russel Savadier, Denis Smith, James Lithgow, Christian Andrews, Drummond Marais, Fats Bookholane, Paul Jacobs, Jeff Celentano
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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