Get That Sour Milk Off Your Breath & Watch This!
Added 8/16/2009
The movie with James Caan (that later became a hit TV series) as a detective with a bigot problem. He hates the "Newcomers", known derogatorily as the Slag, who came to Earth as a genetically enhanced race that was used as a slave force. Welcomed by Man and integrated into society, James Caan's character (Matt Sykes) can't stand them. They take away jobs, etc. and even enter into human vices of prostitution and crime.
Matt's partner gets killed in a drugstore robbery that is more than what it seems. Matt wants the guys who did this, and so when a request goes out to partner up with a Newcomer policeman, Matt takes him up on the offer.
The Slag (sounds like A. E. Van Vogt's Slan... hmmm) have a secret. They were controlled by a powerful narcotic that made them work harder and faster and also made them a horror. A horror that Sam's partner, George Christopher, wants to stop.
The rest of the adventure plays out like a cops & robbers tale, complete with high society bad guy, car chases and gun fights. Clearly a statement on racism and immigration, except the aliens in this movie are real aliens, from another world.
The comedy and differences between the aliens and humans is interesting and funny. The Slag get drunk on sour milk and to incapacitate one, you hit them under the armpits. The female of the species look great, too!
The plot gets a bit weak at times, but overall the originality is king here. The idea of a slave force being run through narcotics was used with good effect later on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with a race call the Jem Hadar (SP).
Alien Nation - The Complete Series
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Great movie
Added 6/4/2009
This is one of the greatest Sci-Fi movies ever made. Low tech, honest and thought provoking. What would happen if visitors from another planet came seeking refuge? I would like to think that we would welcome them as we do in this film.
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The one that started it all
Added 2/20/2009
This is the original theatrical movie of Alien Nation. If you saw the TV series, this is NOT the pilot!
The movie starts out with Matt Sykes (Caan) and his partner Tuggle (Brown) in a shootout. "Tuggs" gets killed by an alien criminal... shot right through a car!
All the characters are a little different in tone and attitude than the series, and overall, it is a little darker, and more clearly about racism. The characters are compelling, and the look a little more stiff.
Most of the story is recycled in the TV pilot, but many of the details change. Mandy Patinkin is considerably more stilted as George than Erik Pierpoint is in the TV series; Eric has a very different take on the character.
Stands on its own quite well.
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Fair Enough
Added 1/29/2009
Here's a nice little sci-fi gem which provides everything you should expect from. The usual clicheés are all there, but well inserted. There's plenty of action and suspense and the performances are great. It's awsome to see Terence Stamp as a bad alien gangster.
If you keep your expectations in a low level, it might please you as a fair and light entertainment.
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Underrated sci-fi thriller
Added 8/8/2008
This is a buddy-buddy cop, alien hangs it with human piece of cops n robbers that has good performances, some good action and a few nice little twists going on. Good, solid entertainment.
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Get That Sour Milk Off Your Breath & Watch This!
Added 8/16/2009
The movie with James Caan (that later became a hit TV series) as a detective with a bigot problem. He hates the "Newcomers", known derogatorily as the Slag, who came to Earth as a genetically enhanced race that was used as a slave force. Welcomed by Man and integrated into society, James Caan's character (Matt Sykes) can't stand them. They take away jobs, etc. and even enter into human vices of prostitution and crime.
Matt's partner gets killed in a drugstore robbery that is more than what it seems. Matt wants the guys who did this, and so when a request goes out to partner up with a Newcomer policeman, Matt takes him up on the offer.
The Slag (sounds like A. E. Van Vogt's Slan... hmmm) have a secret. They were controlled by a powerful narcotic that made them work harder and faster and also made them a horror. A horror that Sam's partner, George Christopher, wants to stop.
The rest of the adventure plays out like a cops & robbers tale, complete with high society bad guy, car chases and gun fights. Clearly a statement on racism and immigration, except the aliens in this movie are real aliens, from another world.
The comedy and differences between the aliens and humans is interesting and funny. The Slag get drunk on sour milk and to incapacitate one, you hit them under the armpits. The female of the species look great, too!
The plot gets a bit weak at times, but overall the originality is king here. The idea of a slave force being run through narcotics was used with good effect later on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with a race call the Jem Hadar (SP).
Alien Nation - The Complete Series
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Great movie
Added 6/4/2009
This is one of the greatest Sci-Fi movies ever made. Low tech, honest and thought provoking. What would happen if visitors from another planet came seeking refuge? I would like to think that we would welcome them as we do in this film.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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The one that started it all
Added 2/20/2009
This is the original theatrical movie of Alien Nation. If you saw the TV series, this is NOT the pilot!
The movie starts out with Matt Sykes (Caan) and his partner Tuggle (Brown) in a shootout. "Tuggs" gets killed by an alien criminal... shot right through a car!
All the characters are a little different in tone and attitude than the series, and overall, it is a little darker, and more clearly about racism. The characters are compelling, and the look a little more stiff.
Most of the story is recycled in the TV pilot, but many of the details change. Mandy Patinkin is considerably more stilted as George than Erik Pierpoint is in the TV series; Eric has a very different take on the character.
Stands on its own quite well.
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