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- 1997
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 49 m
- 1997
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 49 m
Summary Ellen Ripley (Weaver) died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred years and eight horrific experiments later, she's back. A group of scientists has cloned her-along with the alien queen inside her-hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the resurrected Ripley must team up with a band of smugglers, including a mechanic named Call (Ry...
Directed By: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Written By: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Joss Whedon
- 1997
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 49 m
- 1997
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 49 m
Alien: Resurrection
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Summary Ellen Ripley (Weaver) died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred years and eight horrific experiments later, she's back. A group of scientists has cloned her-along with the alien queen inside her-hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the resurrected Ripley must team up with a band of smugglers, including a mechanic named Call (Ry...
Directed By: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Written By: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Joss Whedon
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
62
62% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
62
62% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
By rocketing ahead 200 years from the previous film and jiggering the story cleverly (with a script by Toy Story coscreenwriter Joss Whedon as late-'90s wiseacreish as Alien3 was early-'90s portentous) 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. [5 Dec 1997, p. 47]
Weaver obviously relishes playing this feral, sarcastic new Ripley, and her pleasure is infectious.
By Laura Miller
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 489 User Ratings
5.2
36% Positive
174 Ratings
174 Ratings
39% Mixed
193 Ratings
193 Ratings
25% Negative
122 Ratings
122 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 489 User Ratings
5.2
36% Positive
174 Ratings
174 Ratings
39% Mixed
193 Ratings
193 Ratings
25% Negative
122 Ratings
122 Ratings
Silly but it tries to be different and it succeds at that!!!!!! Not perfect but definitely a fun movie that shouldn’t be taken as a Oscar worthy movie.! I had a good time watching it and deffo underrated.
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Tauntingly flirtatious scenes between Ms. Ryder and Ms. Weaver give this film a sexual boldness that the others' action-adventure spirit lacked.
Weaver is able to take a schlock conception and turn it into a tour de force. Sky-high and straight-backed, she's imperiously graceful in this film; at times she resembles Martha Graham in the swooping, lyrical severity of her movements.
By Peter Rainer
FULL REVIEW
As a series of action set pieces, the movie is frequently gripping and always highly watchable. However, when the movie strays into weirder territory --- where, one feels, Jeunet's heart really lies --- there's a growing feeling of inadequacy.
Sigourney gets some good "Rambo" lines, but about halfway through the film her alien super powers go dormant.
By Tom Meek
FULL REVIEW
It's a nine days' wonder, a geek show designed to win a weekend or two at the box office and then fade from memory.
amazing movie!!! Ignore the haters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Esta pelicula me parecía buena pero era nostalgia de cuando eras mas chico por que la volví a ver despues de muchos años y me parece entretenida incluso puede que mas que la 3 pero ya no me parece buena sino mediocre , bizarra y un poco asquerosa pero entretenida , divertida y tiene cosas interesantes
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This was more like it, the story is at least intriguing and the setting is more classic Aliens. The direction and xenomorphs are very strong and it allows for the more quirky characters in this to shine.
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Ripley returns, two hundred years after taking a Terminator-styled incinerator bath at the end of Alien³, this time as a genetic clone. Where a rogue military organization sourced her blood samples, not to mention how they also managed to duplicate the queen xenomorph incubating in her torso, well, let's just try not to think about that. The screenplay certainly doesn't.
Whatever the scientific explanation, it isn't foolproof. Both Ripley and the alien are imperfect replicas, each retaining bits and pieces of the other (temper, blood type, reproductive cycle) like a space-bound version of The Fly. Predictably, this experiment soon leads to disaster and we get back to the usual territory: Sigourney Weaver, sprinting through dim hallways and firing bulky weapons, en route to the last remaining escape vessel.
Screenwriter Joss Whedon (I know, I was surprised too) apparently intended this as a tongue-in-cheek take on the sci-fi genre, territory which he'd soon explore in Firefly and Serenity, and was aghast to see everything played so straight in the final film. I don't think the Alien franchise is a great place to experiment with that kind of tonal shift, but yes, Resurrection shouldn't be a source of pride. It has strengths - the special effects, for example, are a marked improvement over the last film - but they're quickly overshadowed by the rudimentary plot, repulsive climax and hammy, made-for-TV acting. That last point is surprising, given the big names in the cast. We've got Ron Perlman and Winona Ryder, in addition to Weaver and a bunch of seasoned supporting players; they just can't work any magic with this brand of stiff dialogue and cruddy genre tropes. Not good.
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Well, Ripley is not Ripley anymore, the movie was boring, none of the performance are good, it's not exciting at all, it's too long, it's terrible, it's awful, and if it's not because of the franchise, i probably gonna stop the movie in the first 30 minutes and never gonna finish it, i just can't stand it anymore, it's 1 hour and 50 plus minutes of hell, waiting for the movie to be over, overall, Alien Resurrection is so far and probably always gonna be the worst one in the franchise forever.
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox,
Brandywine Productions
Release Date Nov 26, 1997
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating TV-14
Tagline It's been more than 200 years...The beginning has just started.
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
DVD Exclusive Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations