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Alien Nation (1988)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:14
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Set in a futuristic Los Angeles, 300,000 humanoid extra-terrestrials (called "Newcomers" or "Slags") from an alien refugee slave ship decide to stay on earth and integrate themselves into human... Set in a futuristic Los Angeles, 300,000 humanoid extra-terrestrials (called "Newcomers" or "Slags") from an alien refugee slave ship decide to stay on earth and integrate themselves into human society. When Matthew Sykes, an alcoholic and bigoted cop, is paired with one of these Newcomers to investigate a murder, they uncover a sinister conspiracy that threatens to destroy the fragile harmony between aliens and humans. [More]
Starring: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard
Starring: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Roger Aaron Brown, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason, George Jenesky
Director: Graham Baker
Director: Graham Baker
Screenwriter: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd, Richard Kobritz
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Reviews for Alien Nation
It's 70% cop schpiel and 30% science-fiction fun. Switch those percentages and we'd be calling it a classic.
...the premise goes nowhere. Instead, it begins and ends as an ordinary police mystery, complete with gun fights, chase scenes, and things blowing up in the night.
takes a fascinating sci-fi idea and squanders it on a routine police procedural that is less complex and engaging than a typical one-hour TV show
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