DNA is a 1997 American science fiction

Science fiction film

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 action film

Action film

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 starring Mark Dacascos

Mark Dacascos

Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....

 and Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot , Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune , the minor, but important role of Neo-Stalinist dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the villain Maxwell Dent in...

, and directed by William Mesa. Filming took place in the Philippines

Philippines

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. The film was retitled ADN - La menace for its French DVD release, and Scarabée for its television showing.

Synopsis

An evil scientist's DNA experiment on the bones of a mysterious jungle creature brings the carnivorous beast to life.

Cast

• Mark Dacascos
  Mark Dacascos
  Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
  
   ... Dr. Ash Mattley
• Jürgen Prochnow
  Jürgen Prochnow
  Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot , Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune , the minor, but important role of Neo-Stalinist dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the villain Maxwell Dent in...
  
   ... Dr. Carl Wessinger
• Robin McKee ... Claire Sommers
• Tom Taus ... Matzu
• Roger Aaron Brown
  Roger Aaron Brown
  Roger Aaron Brown is an American character actor known for his role as Deputy Chief Joe Noland on the hit CBS drama television series The District from 2000 to 2004, and for his minor role in the 1988 science fiction film Alien Nation as Det. Bill "Tug" Tuggle, the partner and friend of Matthew...
  
   ... Loren Azenfeld
• John H. Brennan ... Hatton
• Mark McCracken
  Mark McCracken
  Mark McCracken is an American actor.McCracken was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He appeared in the films We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson, Joe Dante's horror/comedy Matinee, and also portrayed Pumpkinhead in Pumpkinhead II: Blood...
  
   ... Sergeant Reinhardt

External links

• ADN at Internet Movie Database
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