Alien Resurrection (DVD)

Alien Resurrection, the fourth, and at the time of writing last, film in the Alien series was released in 1997 and directed by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie, City Of Lost Children) from a script by Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Set 200 years after Alien 3, Alien Resurrection is set on a secret military spaceship called the USM Auriga. The authorities there have managed to clone Ellen Ripley and, more importantly to them, the alien Queen that she was carrying at the time of her death in the last film. They are now breeding the aliens with the help of a cargo of frozen humans delivered by some grungy space pirate mercenary types. The ...  Read the complete review

Oh dear. Even for a dedicated and passionate Alien follower, such as myself, it is hard to see any good in Alien Resurrection. So immensely grotesque (even for my liking); a cold, heartless Ripley that is a disappointing far cry from the female action hero we used to love; and a group of wannabe badass marines that neither come close to the crew from Aliens they aspire to be, or strike any emotional chords with the audience- this is one ugly, ugly film. Two hundred years later, some arsehole scientists have decided to mess with Ripley's DNA in an attempt to "resurrect" the franchise and the alien inside her. Unluckily for avid Alien fans, Ripley #8 ...  Read the complete review

The fourth installment in the Alien saga and in many ways a change from the original format. The original two films in particular had the air of suspense about them...you knew that aliens would be there....but we knew so little about them that we let our imaginations run wild! In this film the Aliens are bred on purpose, cloned from a resurrected Ripley (brilliantly played by Sigourney Weaver). The film uses the traditional costume for the Alien, but also, uses CGI to compliment the costumes and the number of Aliens that are needed to really make the story tingle. The military have got hold of Ripleys DNA and have decided to resurrect ...  Read the complete review

This is the fourth instalment of the Alien saga that most people thought would never be produced. Sigourney said she'd never do another. Ripley was dead anyhow so another wouldn't be possible, yet here she is running around chasing more Aliens once again. The only difference being it isn't her, its Clone 8, reborn from Ripley DNA, and some Alien DNA because, as the majority will remember from Alien 3, Ripley was pregnant with a little baby Alien. If you haven’t seen the Alien saga so far, it's not worth just seeing this as a one off. It is, however, worth seeing the Alien saga as on a whole as they're classics and some of the most ...  Read the complete review

Now, I’ve watched, enjoyed and wrote on here about the three previous three Alien movies. The first was a classic, the second an enjoyable action-romp and the third was a movie that, whilst being enjoyable and certainly watch able was something of a missed opportunity. In my opinion; the more Alien movies that were produced the poorer they became – and sadly this is certainly the case with the fourth movie. I know it has come in for a lot of stick from reviewers and critics alike. Fans of the movie felt that it should have ended with Alien 3 – obviously this wasn’t the case however as 1997 once again saw Sigourney Weaver reprise her ...  Read the complete review