wall street executive burt hughes ( peter weller ) recently buy a sleek mathattan brown house for his family and thinking that he be the king of his household . suddenly his castle be under siege by a huge female rat . bart take a stand against the rat and after bart accidentally kill the rat baby . direct by george p. cosmatos ( rambo representfirst blood part 2 and cobra and tombstone ) make a clever and technically well make thriller that have it share of unintentional humor . the film have become a cult classic over the year and it be obviously one of the best rat film ever make . weller be surprisingly convincing a the wall street executive go though a nervous breakdown . the film take place in new york city but it be actually film in montréal . actor representweller and director representcosmatos work together again in the underrated but familiar science fiction or horror or thriller leviathan . dvd have an clean anamorphic widescreen ( 1 . 78 represent1 ) transfer and an good dolby digital 1 . 0 mono sound . the dvd do feature an entertaining commentary track by the actor representweller and director representcosmatos . although you can tell and they be not in the same recording session during the commentary but they put the highlight comment by weller and cosmatos . dvd also have the original theatrical trailer . this be base on a book by chauncey g. parker the third and the book be title the visitor . screenplay by brian taggert ( poltergiest 3 ) . executive produce by pierre david ( the scanner series ) . ( or ) .