# Zone Troopers (1985)

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**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, War
**Directed by**: Danny Bilson
**Written by**: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo
**Starring**: Tim Thomerson, Tim Van Patten, Art LaFleur, Biff Manard, William Paulson, Peter Boom

> *They Take War To A New Dimension.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're a grunt crouched in the Italian brush, Sarge barking orders through the static, boots sinking in mud and something else—something metallic. Then the ship splits the tree line, smoke curling like a signal. Now you're hunting whatever crawled out, but the radio's picking up voices in German and frequencies no human made. The war just got more fronts.  
Shot on grainy 35mm, it feels like a VHS cassette left in a foxhole—1985 pretending it’s 1944 pretending it’s the future.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, playful

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