This is the movie that started the Alien Nation franchise, with a TV series, and another 5 movies. It's a cop, action, thriller movie - with aliens. Alien Nation isn't as well known as many similar sci-fi series of the era - and this is the start of it all. Although this uses different actors than the subsequent series and movies, but it does have all the distinguishing traits for the follow-ons. Characters with depth, humanising of aliens, the examination of racism and bigotry in a way that is surprising for entertainment from this time. And as such, for any sci-fi fan it should be on their watch list.

It's like an exec took a sci-fi script about racism and pitched it as, “Lethal Weapon, but the black guy’s an alien.”, aspects really feel that cynical and sloppy

Nice take on racism and being different through the eyes of a cop-movie with aliens.

Humans and aliens coexist on our planet.