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Release Date
Oct 7, 1988 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 27, 2001
• R2: 3 Jun 2002
Budget USD 16,000,000
Running Time
1 hour, 31 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox
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Other Titles
• Alien Nation
• Future Tense (1988)
• Outer Heat (1988)
• Spacecop L.A. 1991 (1989)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Aliens, Futuristic, Drugs, Police, Detectives, Thieves, Buddies, Suspense, Satire, Culture Clash
Tagline: Prepare Yourself.
Plot: 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.
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Curt Sobel
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