"Technically slick and commercially singleminded, this film attempts to crossbreed the scare tactics of 'Jaws' with the sci-fi hardware of 'Star Wars.' The result is a cinematic bastard, and a pretty mean bastard at that."
Answer Alien
A lot of science fiction movies came out in the 1980s. While Alien has become a classic in the genre, it did receive this scathing review from Time Magazine upon release.
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