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Production Year: 1988 - Science Fiction - Director: Graham Baker - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Leslie Bevis, Roger Aaron Brown, Peter Jason, Kevyn Major Howard, George Jenesky more

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In Los Angeles of the near future, aliens have come to live among humans. They've learned the language and tried to fit in. But there's something about them that people don't know....
more...Two detectives--one human (James Caan), one alien (Mandy Patinkin)--put aside their mutual distrust and uncover a sinister conspiracy that threatens to destroy the fragile alien/human alliance.





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...planet. In fact when an alien spacecraft crashlands in the Mojave desert they are welcomed into the community with open arms, setting up base in California. Of course, 'open arms' means they are treated in much the same way as any other ethnic minority which gives the liberal minded directors a rich resource from which to make their rather obvious and belaboured observations. The basic formula of the movie is pretty hackneyed and dull. Forget ... Read review

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Disadvantages: Basic plot, predictable, run of the mill cop film

...them in perfect harmony. Alien Nation as spawned many fan pages, just like many of the other sci-fi films and series that are based on a unique idea. But that's all Alien Nation is a unique idea ruined by the fact they turned this into a basic cop film. The storyline is the usual cop film plot and you could be mistaken to think this was just a TV special.The aliens arrived in 1988 and 3 years later when they had finally been assimilated into society ... Read review

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