WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Torrin-McFinn77 After that debacle that was Alien3, we got this one. A resurrected Ripley and a new cast of characters, including Ron Perlman and Winona Ryder. A lot of people seemed to hate this one, but I liked it better than Alien3. There was action but it was a little more warped than its predecessors, including that creepy alien baby that makes the Chupacabra look cute. I won't call this one the best, but it was decent in my opinion. If you enjoyed the first two, fine. But don't bother if you've already seen Alien3. This may not be much consolation. But don't take my word for it.

DylanW Alien Resurrection is clouded by the premise of THE WORST ALIEN MOVIE EVER! although, it is not superb, fantastic, and only manages to skim through the OKAY class, it was watchable and, at parts enjoyable and nuanced. In Alien 3 Ripley killed herself after discovering the Alien Queen was nested within her abdomen. Following on from that film, Alien Resurrection begins with scientists cloning Ripley, removing the Queen from her chest, and producing Xenomorphs in a laboratory. The Xenomorphs escape, and Ripley and a team of friends must find a way to destroy the spacecraft and save themselves before the craft reaches its home base: Earth. Starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley (and the only returning cast member) and Winona Ryder as Call, the film is home to the new, highly critiqued Xenomorph design: the Newborn, a strange unshelled , disfigured Xenomorph. Despite all the pessimistic views surrounding this fourth installation, the film was pleasantly surprising, greatly surpassing the likes of Alien 3. Weaver's character begins as a mentally unstable human (or clone in this instance) and although she is an interesting and weird character, all the others are one-dimensional with unmotivated acts (such as a guy who shoots a spider with a gun...), as well as these mood-swings some of the characters occasionally suffer from. Viewing the shorter, Theatrical Version of the film, not the Special Edition, was a shorter yet, I believe, the correct decision. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of the film, was happy with the Theatrical Version, although the writer, Joss Whedon (creator of the hit TV Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer) believes that this film is the worst installation in the Alien franchise. Personally, I found it exploring a different, uncultivated avenue for the franchise, at one point, engaging the audience to pity the Xenomorph. Although this pity is felt, it is not supported by the costumes and effects of the Xenomorph and its new hybrid, the Newborn, revealing, for the first time, the eyes of the Xenomorph. The Newborn is a nuanced and interesting character in this movie. Like the third movie, this film does not manage to derive itself of the unnesseccary violence and swearing, featuring a disturbing sexual scene; not because it is revealing or unconsented, but because the whole premise is disturbing in itself. Whether this deeply wounds or heals the film is decided upon the viewer, but it does lead to strange, confusing matters, which are completely different to the other aspects visible in this franchise.

TxMike The year was 2010 and a re-release of all the first 4 "Alien" movies in one complete set on BluRay disk, along with two extra disks of extras. A total of 6 BDs. I found that my local public library has the set and I now have watched all 4 of them within a few days. Picture and DTS sound are excellent as we have come to expect for BluRay. And seeing them in sequence over a short period of time enhances the enjoyment of all of them.As the commentary track states, there never was an intent to make more than 3 movies, that is why the 3rd one ended the way it did. But they set this 4th one 200 years into the future and a deep space ship has scientists and technology to allow cloning. The former space ship of Ripley's had traces of her DNA and early in the movie we see them fabricating a new one, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley.Each of the 4 movies has a different script writer and different director so each has its own mood and look. This one is a bit cleaner and brighter. In fact the first half of the movie is superb as the stage is set for cloning and studying the aliens. The second half degrades quite a bit with more craziness among the characters and more fights and chases involving aliens. A big reveal is that the "new" Ripley has some alien characteristics of strength and quickness. But in the end Ripley once again has to be destroyed. The movie ends with several surviving in an escape pod to Earth while the larger spaceship with aliens crashes at a terrific velocity in an uninhabited part of Earth to destroy all remaining aliens and eggs. We see it is the outskirts of what used to be the thriving city of Paris, complete with a half-toppled Eiffel Tower.

spencergrande6 A one-off goofy, campy, B-movie comic book throw-away Alien universe film. One last ride but knowing full well the Ripley saga was truly wrapped up in the last one. Again though, as is the case with this franchise, this film has its own personality, look, feel and genre to call its own.Ripley is a superhero now, and she's explained as emotionally autistic so as to not question why she's so benign the whole film (it's clear Whedon knew not to have her slinging quips the whole film, but he didn't know what else to do with her so he turned her into a superhero, surprise). Whedon apparently complained about the delivery of his lines in this film but I don't know. I think most of the actors are game and his dialogue is just OK.The bigger problems are the lazy plotting (really, 200 years in the future the company still wants an Alien and they still weren't prepared for acid blood? or had a contingency plan in place...) and the lack of characterization of Ripley. There's nowhere else to take her. The only interesting thread involves Ripley kind of becoming an Alien queen at the end (there's mention of cross hybrid DNA) but this an end game play and it's interesting, it's just too bad it doesn't take up more room in the overall film.Jeunet is not suspense generator, nightmare-maker, or an action stager. He has some pretty sets, and does well with the beautiful Alien special effects (not the CGI though, shudder). The only indelible image in the whole thing is the final shot of the new white Alien thing getting sucked out of a tiny hole. That looks painful, and it's harrowing to watch - notice that Ripley is almost crying seeing it. It's almost like the film made Ripley a mom again only to have her rip it away from herself, but I'm not entirely sure the film understood that, or knew what to do with it.