Very similar to District 9 (or vice versa, more accurately). A spaceship has arrived over LA. In it are lots and lots of aliens, genetically modified to be good workers and enslaved. At the start of the movie, we are treated to a shot of a spaceship floating in the sky and it could have been an outtake from D9. We're told that the aliens (newcomers) are out of quarantine and integrating with the humans of LA. Then we get into the story.
James Caan plays a badass cop, Sykes, that stumbles upon the robbery of a newcomer convenience store by a pair of heavily armed aliens. As they exchange fire and wait for backup, Sykes' partner is shot and killed. This gives Sykes the excuse he needs to hate the newcomers (or slags, as he calls them) even more.
A few minutes later and a newcomer policeman, Samuel Francisco, is being promoted to Detective, the first to attain that rank. Sykes volunteers to be Francisco's partner, hoping it'll get him closer to the newcomers that murdered his partner.
During his investigation, his prejudices shrink as he gets to know and becomes friends with Francisco. Following leads takes them to the top of the newcomer tree and uncovers a drugs ring.
It's OK, but past the novel pairing of human/alien, it's a pretty standard buddy-cop movie with a pretty standard 'corruption in high places / drug ring' plot.
My rating: 5.7 / 10
IMDB rating: 6.1 / 10
Running time: 91 mins
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