Definitely lacks the brilliance of the first two films... but still entertaining.

Rating: 7/10 (9 April 2006)

The fourth installment of the coveted Alien series more resembles Cameron's 'Aliens' in its basic structure to be primarily an action movie, lacking the suspense horror atmosphere of Ridley Scott's 'Alien'. The producers and screenwriters found a believable way to bring back Ellen Ripley once again to kick the alien butts. And they've got a good supporting cast of Ron Perlman, Winona Ryder (in a somewhat unusual role), Dan Hedaya and others.
Although the film follows a storyline that somehow resembles 'Alien', which is good since Alien 3's complex story was a reason of its failure, 'Resurrection' remained a mediocre film mostly due to lack of twists in the plot and cheesy dialogues. The story is too much linear and the only plot twist involving the character Call was not directly related to the story. Yet the whole alien/human hybrid concept was entertaining enough and the bits of action were made well enough to watch. I feel the film did not aspire to be a cinematic classic like Alien or Aliens, but it did well enough to keep the saga alive after the disappointing Alien 3. It should be well enjoyed by the series fans.