Alien: Resurrection Movie Review 1997

Despite her fiery end in the last film, Ripley is brought back, through cloning, by a team of scientist anxious to get their hands on the alien embryo that invaded her. A more buffed and equally strange Ripley (Weaver) results as some of her DNA gets mixed with her alien friend. Injecting new life into the franchise, director Jeunet creates a freaky and macabre journey as the aliens get loose on board the mysterious space craft Auriga and create messy havoc for new alien appetizers including Call (Ryder), who has a personal agenda of her own with Ripley. Ryder may be somewhat out of place, but the humor and energy from the supporting cast, along with the film's dank look raises this one from the bowels of formulaic action/horror. Includes some decent scares with a tense underwater sequence.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Alien Beings--Vicious, Aliens Are People, Too, Cloning Around, Special FX Extravaganzas, Wonder Women, Robots & Androids, Deadly Implants, Basketball, Physical Problems, Science & Scientists

Screenplay

Joss Whedon

Cast

Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Michael Wincott, Kim Flowers, Leland Orser, Brad Dourif, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freeman, Raymond Cruz

Cinematography

Darius Khondji

Director

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Music

John (Gianni) Frizzell

Producer

David Giler, Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, Bill Badalato, Brandywine, 20th Century-Fox