Movie

Alien Nation: Body and Soul

1995 · 87 min

A low-key buddy-cop procedural with a sci-fi skin, mixing a grim experiment mystery with gentle domestic awkwardness and earnest cross-cultural romance.

Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
Genres: Tv movie, Science fiction
Starring: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli

Overview: Sikes and Francisco are called in to a case when a mysterious young girl, who looks part Newcomer, part human, appears. Her huge, brutish counterpart tries to free her from the precinct, and their bizarre relationship turns out to be the result of a slaveship medical experiment. Meanwhile, Cathy and Matt are going to sex school, in preparation of becoming intimate, while Buck distresses his parents by his anti-human opinions.

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Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
Genres: Tv movie, Science fiction
Starring: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
isolation
betrayal
love
Places: big city
workplace
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	4
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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