Phoenix (1995)

Director
Troy Cook

Main cast
Stephen Nichols; Brad Dourif; Billy Drago; Denice Duff; Peter Murnik

Genres
Sci-Fi, Action

Description
When a mining colony is taken over by genetically altered androids, an elite attack team is sent in to take down the android leader.


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