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.
What critics thought
The fourth Alien entry landed in genuinely split territory: some critics found Jeunet's Techno-Gothic visual style and Weaver's mutated, feral Ripley energizing enough to justify the franchise's continuation, while others dismissed it as a hollow retread that mistakes grotesque spectacle for genuine tension. The characters surrounding Ripley were widely seen as underdeveloped, and even sympathetic reviewers tended to praise the film's surfaces rather than its substance.
“By rocketing ahead 200 years from the previous film and jiggering the story cleverly [...] to create a Ripley reconstructed through a mix of human and alien DNA, Alien Resurrection power-kicks the whole definition of the Horrifying Other into a fresh, deep, exhilaratingly thoughtful, millennium-sensitive direction”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
“If Ripley, Call, and the pirates had been developed further, the film might have been as involving as James Cameron's Aliens, the gold-standard of the series. The film's Techno-Gothic look is gorgeously immersive, however, and Jeunet turns in a number of original (and grotesque) effects sequences that are worth the price of admission”
Andrew Johnston·Time Out New York
“The plot is more of the same old running and screaming, but Weaver is worth the price of admission all by herself, which is just as well in light of the less-than-fleshed-out characters by whom she's surrounded.”
Maitland McDonagh·TV Guide Magazine
“What began as the most menacing movie monster of all has evolved into a whining oaf that looks like it's been dipped in a vat of Cream of Wheat”
Jeffery Overstreet·Looking Closer
“There is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Jean-Pierre JeunetDirector
Sigourney WeaverRipley
Winona RyderCall
Dominique PinonVriess
Ron PerlmanJohner
Gary DourdanChristie
Michael WincottElgyn
Kim FlowersHillard
Dan HedayaGeneral Perez
J.E. FreemanDr. Wren
Brad DourifGediman
Raymond CruzDistephano
Leland OrserPurvis
John FrizzellComposer
Joss WhedonWriter
Darius KhondjiCinematographyAlien Resurrection
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.
What critics thought
The fourth Alien entry landed in genuinely split territory: some critics found Jeunet's Techno-Gothic visual style and Weaver's mutated, feral Ripley energizing enough to justify the franchise's continuation, while others dismissed it as a hollow retread that mistakes grotesque spectacle for genuine tension. The characters surrounding Ripley were widely seen as underdeveloped, and even sympathetic reviewers tended to praise the film's surfaces rather than its substance.
“By rocketing ahead 200 years from the previous film and jiggering the story cleverly [...] to create a Ripley reconstructed through a mix of human and alien DNA, Alien Resurrection power-kicks the whole definition of the Horrifying Other into a fresh, deep, exhilaratingly thoughtful, millennium-sensitive direction”
Lisa Schwarzbaum·Entertainment Weekly
“If Ripley, Call, and the pirates had been developed further, the film might have been as involving as James Cameron's Aliens, the gold-standard of the series. The film's Techno-Gothic look is gorgeously immersive, however, and Jeunet turns in a number of original (and grotesque) effects sequences that are worth the price of admission”
Andrew Johnston·Time Out New York
“The plot is more of the same old running and screaming, but Weaver is worth the price of admission all by herself, which is just as well in light of the less-than-fleshed-out characters by whom she's surrounded.”
Maitland McDonagh·TV Guide Magazine
“What began as the most menacing movie monster of all has evolved into a whining oaf that looks like it's been dipped in a vat of Cream of Wheat”
Jeffery Overstreet·Looking Closer
“There is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Jean-Pierre JeunetDirectorSigourney WeaverRipleyWinona RyderCallDominique PinonVriessRon PerlmanJohnerGary DourdanChristieMichael WincottElgynKim FlowersHillardDan HedayaGeneral PerezJ.E. FreemanDr. WrenBrad DourifGedimanRaymond CruzDistephanoLeland OrserPurvisJohn FrizzellComposerJoss WhedonWriterDarius KhondjiCinematographyRent & Buy