Alien Nation
A bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with each other's differences while attempting to solve a drug conspiracy hidden in the subculture of Los Angeles' newest immigrant population: extraterrestrials.
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Released
- 1989
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1989
Storyline
A bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with each other's differences while attempting to solve a drug conspiracy hidden in the subculture of Los Angeles' newest immigrant population: extraterrestrials.
Top credits
Gary Graham — Detective Matthew Sikes
Eric Pierpoint — Detective George Francisco
Michele Scarabelli — Susan Francisco
Lauren Woodland — Emily Francisco
Did you know
• The alien ship that lands is called the Gruza. "Gruza" is a Russian word that means "cargo."
• Two actors that appear in the pilot would later portray Vulcans in separate Star Trek series. Gary Graham as Soval on Enteprise, and Tim Russ as Tuvok on Voyager.
• The flashbacks to Sgt. William "Tuggs" Tuggles' death were clips from Alien Nation (1988) mixed with newly shot footage of Gary Graham in place of James Caan as Matt Sikes (spelled Sykes in the film). Roger Aaron Brown, who played Tuggs in the film, did not return for the series and only appears in archive footage. As such, Sikes and Tuggs are never seen on screen at the same time.
User reviews
A good continuation of the 1988 film and set up for the television series.
Yet another example of a decent show being cancelled prematurely
Alien Nation will never be out-of-date
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
