Alien Resurrection

1997 "It's already too late."
6.2| 1h49m| R| en| More Info
Released: 26 November 1997 Released
Producted By: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/alien-resurrection
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Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

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tomgillespie2002 Despite plummeting into a fiery furnace while carrying an unborn alien queen inside of her at the climax of David Fincher's messy- but-interesting Alien 3, Fox saw more money to be made in carrying on the franchise started by Ridley Scott back in 1979. For the fourth instalment, French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, hot off the success of The City of Lost Children, was brought in to inject some life in the stuttering series, bringing a unique aesthetic to the ongoing battle between us puny humans and the superior xenomorph. Sadly, this unique aesthetic is muted and ugly, perhaps even more so than the incredibly miserable Alien 3, and the European sense of humour and quirkiness Jeunet also brings to the table doesn't quite fit the tone of the Alien series. If this was a stand-alone, unconnected genre movie, Alien Resurrection may now be fondly remembered as an offbeat, cyberpunk oddity.It's 200 years since Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley sacrificed herself to finally rid the universe of the xenomorphs, but humanity's stupidity apparently hasn't wavered in that time. Ripley is cloned by some mad scientists from a single drop of blood, for the sole purpose of removing the queen inside of her (how the queen got inside her from the cloning process isn't quite explained), and turning its offspring into weapons and/or subjects of experimentation. She tells them, "she will breed, you will die," but naturally this falls on deaf ears. As the inevitable happens and the aliens free themselves from their cells, Ripley falls in with a rag- tag group of mercenaries. But Ripley is different; she can smell nearby aliens and seems to possess super-strength, and when she receives a jab to the face, her blood burns through the spaceship's floor. She clearly shares a bond and possibly DNA with her 'children', and the grizzled space pirates don't know whether they should trust her.Alien Resurrection is the worst of the franchise for two reasons. One is that the film is so damn ugly. Aside from the wonderfully weird moment in which Ripley writhes in the slimy tentacles of her 'daughter', there isn't one shot that feels truly cinematic. The sets look expensive, certainly, but there's a TV-quality running throughout, backed-up by a pre-Buffy the Vampire Slayer show Joss Whedon script, which often feels like a precursor to the wonderful Firefly. The second is the casting of Winona Ryder as daughter- figure Call. Ryder is a terrific actress, but every line she utters here is without conviction. She stands out like a sore thumb when sharing scenes with such reliable character actors as Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dominique Pinon, Dan Hedaya and Brad Dourif. Jeunet amps up the gore factor, which is something the Alien series was never about, and neglects suspense and terror in the process. The climax is weird and disgusting, and may have been delightfully bonkers if this was unshackled by a franchise tag and was the director's way of letting loose with a generous budget. But this isn't the Alien I know and love.
praestans And there you were leaving the Pictures after being short-changed by Fincher's Alien 3. Well, good news...it gets much better - for the short-changer that is. I mean the Alien Resurrection manages to out bad Alien 3 in badness. How on earth does it manage such a feat you might rightly wonder: well, a plot is a definite no-show; a story? admittedly, it's a rehash of previous bits that'll pass muster (again) for those aficionados...And to make it a fait accompli certainty - get a French director, who'l, bet you franc to a centime, inject equal measures of: French philosophising, romance (well, foreplay, and dance...(note to french directors: can u please make a decent picture sans philosophy? Yes I'm talking to you, Mr besson, Mr goddard et al - leave it at the Sorbonne).The plot and action of the actors in scenes is beyond comic - it really is Alien in Pantoland. All that was missing from the Alien piece de resistance was a: 'Ripley, it's behind you!'Or (C'est derriere toi!) n'est-Ce pas, jean-Pierre?
capone666 Alien ResurrectionThe hardest part of mixing human and alien DNA is picking the right mood music.Regrettably, the scientists in sci-fi thriller don't divulge which slow-jams were successful.When a ship of mercenaries (Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon) docks at a military vessel to drop off stasis bodies for scientific experiments, they recognize a familiar face. Despite being dead for 200 years, military heroine Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) appears alive, well and enhanced with alien attributes, including acidic blood.The mercs eventually discover that there are other genetically engineered aliens aboard and that the infested ship is headed straight for Earth.Thanks to French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, this third sequel in the Alien franchise manages to stand on its own merits, despite sharing similarities with its predecessors. With strong female leads and creative visuals this unsung sequel deserves revisiting. However, the real horror show doesn't start until the human/alien in-laws meet.Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca
Miguel Neto Alien: Resurrection was the proof that the Alien saga should have already finished in the 2 movie, but unlike many people, I do not think movie as bad as Alien 3 for example, but it is undeniable that they are making the story worse and worse, With very wrong choices, the movie has an Alien Hybrid which is a ridiculous thing that I've seen, the movie was totally sunk after this Alien appears, which is not only is only visually ridiculous, but also bizarre, Ripley was Jean-Pierre Jeunet's direction is weak, the cast has Winona Ryder who even tries, but is handicapped by the weak script, but the movie has nice parts, I liked it Of the special effects, but the film has problems of direction and script. Note 4.2