After David Fincher’s atrocious Alien 3, screenwriter Joss Whedon attempts to revive the series with Alien Resurrection. And Whedon does a pretty good job given what Fincher left him to work with. In this fourth installment a remote military base is conducting illegal experiments to clone Ripley and harvest the alien creature from her. The cast here is solid; Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Pearlman, and Michael Wincott. They all work well together, and find a good rhythm that instantly draws the audience into their fight for survival. Unfortunately, the main weakness of the film is Weaver herself, who over dramatizes Clone Ripley’s struggles for identity. An entertaining adventure that both thrills and terrifies, Alien Resurrection saves the series from the abyss that Fincher threw it into, but it doesn’t completely return it to its former glory.
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After David Fincher’s atrocious Alien 3, screenwriter Joss Whedon attempts to revive the series with Alien Resurrection. And Whedon does a pretty good job given what Fincher left him to work with. In this fourth installment a remote military base is conducting illegal experiments to clone Ripley and harvest the alien creature from her. The cast here is solid; Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Pearlman, and Michael Wincott. They all work well together, and find a good rhythm that instantly draws the audience into their fight for survival. Unfortunately, the main weakness of the film is Weaver herself, who over dramatizes Clone Ripley’s struggles for identity. An entertaining adventure that both thrills and terrifies, Alien Resurrection saves the series from the abyss that Fincher threw it into, but it doesn’t completely return it to its former glory.