Alien Nation (1989)★ 6.9/10
- Crime
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
Directed by: John McPherson, Harry Longstreet, Gwen Arner, David Carson, Stan Lathan
Written by: Kenneth Johnson, Rockne S. O'Bannon, Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider, Steven Long Mitchell
In the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles.
- Original title
- Alien Nation
- Storyline
- A flying saucer crashed in the Mojave Desert and its inhabitants turned out to be alien slaves, bred to be super intelligent and strong, and controllable by their Overseers. These Tenctonese, or "Newcomers", have been assimilated (sort of) into the population of Los Angeles. One of them, George Francisco, is a police detective with a human partner, Matthew Sikes. George and Matt fight crime together, while learning to respect the other's culture, and question his own. They also fight prejudice, as personified by the Purists, and fear, in the form of the unseen Overseers, who seek to regain control over their slaves.
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 5,938
- Companies
- 20th Century Fox Television, Kenneth Johnson Productions, Fox Network, Fox Video, Fox, Polsat 2
- Release dates
- US September 25, 1989
- GB October 3, 1990
- DE January 5, 1991
- SE September 11, 1991
- NL November 23, 1991
- FR March 3, 2000