If you loved Time of the Apes, try Fugitive Alien

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Time of the Apes

1987 · dir. Kiyozumi Fukazawa, Atsuo Okunaka

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Fugitive Alien

1987 · dir. Kiyozumi Fukazawa, Minoru Kanaya

What they share

Both films are directed by Kiyozumi Fukazawa, and they both carry the 3am cult mood tag, and they sit in Science Fiction / TV Movie territory. If that's the register that drew you to Time of the Apes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

3am cult

What Fugitive Alien is

You crash on Earth, an alien deserter. Your people want you back, dead. But then you find yourself protecting the humans you were supposed to exterminate. The film's low-budget effects add charm. It leaves you pondering questions of loyalty.

If you loved Time of the Apes, try Fugitive Alien

Time of the Apes

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What they share

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