Sci-Fighters (1996)

Amazon Prime knows me well. For a DTV looking turkey, this wasn't too bad. It has a Blade Runner atmosphere and various sci-fi tropes. You have to with a title like that, right?

Roddy Piper plays the lead, a detective trying to find some escaped/dead prisoner he used to know (Billy Drago) who's been infected by some weird alien parasite. This is probably the only time I've seen Drago in a prominent role, and Roddy Piper definitely cashes in his cool points for this. He's still basically a rip-off of Richard Dekker, but with a wrestler's physique. He doesn't always come out on top though, but nobody's perfect.

Another sci-fi subplot is the polluted atmosphere. A cloud of dust makes it a perpetual night. I think it was mostly a stylistic choice, because nobody wants to see the daylight in Blade Runner type of movie. Daylight is for pussies.

This movie might be recognized if it had a bigger budget.