This chapter is set even further in the future, where scientists on a space colony have cloned both the alien and Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), who died in Alien 3; in doing so, however, they've mixed alien DNA with Ripley's human chromosomes, which gives Ripley surprising power (and a bad attitude). A band of smugglers comes aboard only to discover the new race of aliens--and when the multi-mouthed melonheads get loose, no place is safe. But, on the plus side, they have Ripley as a guide to help them get out. Winona Ryder is on hand as the smugglers' most unlikely crew member (with a secret of her own), but this one is Sigourney's all the way. --Marshall Fine

Review from Jamestown, NC
Not unlike Alien 3, when I went and watched Alien Resurrection in the theater my initial impression of the movie wasn't any different than my initial impression of Alien 3; what were they thinking. As a whole, the critics and the fans pretty much panned Alien Resurrection. Since that time, I'd never even considered purchasing Alien 3 or Alien Resurrection, in essence discounting them from the series. Given this recent release of all four movies on DVD with Director's and Special Edition cuts and a rekindled interest in giving these movies one more chance I decided to purchase them and I would have to say that after watching both of them again I'm happy I gave them a second chance.

I think what pretty much blew it for both Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection was that they were both seemingly complete departures from the first two exceptional movies and that the direction these movies took just turned the fans off of them. With Alien Resurrection I would still say that it is probably the worst of the four movies but it still, in my opinion, garners four stars for its originality and the way in which they brought Ripley back.

Overall, the script is extremely creative and for the better part of the movie, the suspense/action factors are there; where this movie falls somewhat flat on its face is the ending and the extraordinarily odd turn for the alien queen. Contrary to that fall off in the conclusion, the scene with everybody trying to escape through a flooded kitchen has to be one of the best action sequences I've ever seen in a film!

For her part, Sigourney Weaver does an exceptional job of reinventing Ripley for this script. The cast of supporting actors is pretty impressive as well, from Winona Ryder to Ron Perlman, this movie has the talent that, for the better part, overcomes the ending of the movie.

This is the only movie that Jean-Pierre Jeunet has directed and I would have to say that this French director did a great job with the overall setup and feel of the movie. Again, it's just the ending that disappoints and whether he as the director had much influence as far as that's concerned, I kind of doubt it. The score for the film matches every scene quite deftly, greatly enhancing the overall feel of the movie.

The Premise:

It is over two hundred years since the events of Alien 3 in which Ripley sacrificed herself in opposition of allowing the alien queen growing in her chest making it into the hands of The Company. Although it's not clearly defined within the movie, the military organization that seems to run everything now has procured a DNA sample of Ripley's and cloned her, alien queen included.

This military organization has cloned Ripley and her baby so that they could do everything that Ripley tried to prevent The Company from doing in her time. Along with an alien queen being cloned, the general leading the operation has hired the crew of the Betty, which is an unregistered crew of space pirates, to procure for him people who were in hyper sleep so that he can use them to create more aliens...

What follows from there is a good movie where Ripley, the space pirate crew and some of the remaining military personnel go through the motions of trying to stay alive long enough to get off the ship that is now full of aliens who are on the loose.