Taking
human form after arriving on Earth
via a low - budget homage to «2001,» a naked Johansson — possibly digitally augmented by a body double — dons a
dead woman's black wig, stiletto heels, fishnet stockings and come - hither shorts to go trawling for men as a hitchhiker.
Up until this point, John Cusack had spent almost his entire cinematic career in teen comedies, from Class to The Sure Thing
via cult classic Better Off
Dead to the misfired Hot Pursuit, Cusack's unique and very
human screen persona stole every show he was in - but by 1988, he'd become determined to move on into more serious and adult cinema.