Alien Nation (DVD)

...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 the ...
...million times before... Alien Nation however tries to be different by adding in the alien element and to some extents this at least raises some interest. James Caan is the detective whose partner is killed by an alien dealing a new drug in the alien's little ghetto area. He wants to track the makers down and bring them to justice to avenge his partner's death but there is no way the aliens will talk openly to a human - the investigation would be ...

wampyrii 22.08.2001 · Read full review
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...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 ...
...detective who's partner is killed by a "Newcomer". Caan then choose the first newcomer who is promoted to Detective to be his new partner. You follow there relationship through the film and see how Caan takes a liking to the newcomer. You will notice many similarities to other cop films such has Lethal Weapon. This is a shame because there could of been alot done with this film. More could of been focused on the relationship between the humans and ...

best_reviewer 28.02.2004 · Read full review
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