this film have a typical early 80 crisis tv movie feel the sort of tv movie that ordinarily would deal with toxic waste dumping and a conspiracy to cover it up . here it cattle mutilation and secret para military biological weapon program . yep and that right and a splinter group of right wing mercenary be develop biological weapon and test them on cow ( only slight reason be give a to why they do not just buy cow and use them on their own land ) . robert urich be the big city cop with domestic problem and a cute alcohol habit whom be the only one who can solve these mutilation do not expect jo beth williams relatively competent country cop to pull it off . it pretty by the number and and you can guess 90 % of the plot from the opening on screen blurb about the congress mandate end of biological and chemical weapon test in 1969. the film have a good supporting cast hoyt axton and harrey carrey jr. and paul dooley and and hey and even the lead do a good job of act too bad this be just a glorified tv movie . look for the evil truck that have a soundtrack cue that sound like it be steal from jon carpenter .