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Alien: Resurrection (1997) R
200 years after Alien 3 Ripley is cloned in military science vessel. Some alien DNA was added into the mix and she was born with a new queen inside her.
It's safe to say that Alien: Resurrection is very different from the previous films. The characters and dialogue are typical Whedon with funny dialogue and well-written strong women (i.e. not modern feminists who see the world as one big battle of sexes). Visually it looks pretty much like Jeunet's urban fantasies did and using some of the same actors just emphasizes this.
I suppose there are quite a few holes in the plot (if the new queen reproduces like humans where did the eggs come, how did the aliens set up their trap in such a short time, etc.) but the characters make it an enjoyable ride. I like almost every lab raised superhuman character and Ripley isn't an exception (though I kinda wish that Weaver had declined the role and we'd got cloned Newt instead). Call isn't that far from that archetype either and Winona Ryder looks so cute.
It's not as big deviation from the previous films as The Predator was for its franchise but there are some similarities. It's not exactly the direction I wanted Alien to go but as an individual movie it's pretty good. There's not much horror, action scenes are little uneven but the dark humor and odd characters keep it together. I wish there'd been a sequel to this.
200 years after Alien 3 Ripley is cloned in military science vessel. Some alien DNA was added into the mix and she was born with a new queen inside her.
It's safe to say that Alien: Resurrection is very different from the previous films. The characters and dialogue are typical Whedon with funny dialogue and well-written strong women (i.e. not modern feminists who see the world as one big battle of sexes). Visually it looks pretty much like Jeunet's urban fantasies did and using some of the same actors just emphasizes this.
I suppose there are quite a few holes in the plot (if the new queen reproduces like humans where did the eggs come, how did the aliens set up their trap in such a short time, etc.) but the characters make it an enjoyable ride. I like almost every lab raised superhuman character and Ripley isn't an exception (though I kinda wish that Weaver had declined the role and we'd got cloned Newt instead). Call isn't that far from that archetype either and Winona Ryder looks so cute.
It's not as big deviation from the previous films as The Predator was for its franchise but there are some similarities. It's not exactly the direction I wanted Alien to go but as an individual movie it's pretty good. There's not much horror, action scenes are little uneven but the dark humor and odd characters keep it together. I wish there'd been a sequel to this.