Alien Nation: Dark Horizon

TV Movie
1994
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Sci-Fi

An Overseer named Ahpossno comes to Earth to take the slaves, and all humans, back to the mothership.An Overseer named Ahpossno comes to Earth to take the slaves, and all humans, back to the mothership.An Overseer named Ahpossno comes to Earth to take the slaves, and all humans, back to the mothership.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Trivia
The wedding scene was filmed on a bridge near Pasadena Ambassador College. Director Kenneth Johnson had used the same location for another wedding in Married (1978). This time, his wife Susan Lee Appling played the Priestess performing the ceremony.

Goofs
Although this is a continuation of the series' final cliff hanger, the scene where Susan and Emily are poisoned, and the scene where Cathy tells Matt about it, are completely different.

Alternate versions
The US video release contains several very brief scenes not shown on its first release on Fox Television in the U.S. For example, there's a brief addition to the scene where Ahpossno boards his craft. After you see the trolly in LA go by following Ahpossno's departure from the mother ship, you see the delivery man buying the flowers, and showing hate for Newcomers. A scene shows Penny welcoming the Franciscos home after their hospitalizaion.

Connections
Featured in Fox Halloween Bash: Fox Halloween Bash 1994 (1994)

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Featured review

6/10

Meh

"Alien Nation" was a TV show based on a movie that in turn had TV movies based on the TV show. Having seen this film, I thought it was just okay. It was weird how they sort of abandoned the plot about the virus killing the newcomers. I understand that this series is fairly popular. It just isn't for me. It's at least passable. It came off as kind of boring to me. It would be easy to dismiss this as just another easy analogy for racism. At the time of the film's release, the trope wasn't nearly as developed.

There are definitely good scenes. I especially like it when the characters talk about religion and God's plan. The newcomers themselves have their own beliefs about souls. They wonder if the aliens even have souls. There's certainly nothing about it in the Bible. I appreciate how it is pretty charming how the human character falls in love with the newcomer. It's interesting to see how they understand Earth culture and it isn't rushed like in most other movies. It's fine for what it is. **1/2