Grotesque

Rating: 1/10 (12 April 2015)

Fourth entry in this derailed franchise is the worst yet: 200 years after Ripley(Sigourney Weaver) died stopping the birth of a alien queen on a bleak prison planet, misguided(and idiotic) scientists somehow use Ellen's alien tainted DNA to resurrect her in clone form in order to revive the aliens as well...big mistake, as everything predictably goes disastrously wrong in more ways than one... Perfect symmetry in how utterly wrongheaded both the real and fictional attempts to keep things alive were; awful script and direction, unappealing characters and inept humor all contribute to this pointless debacle.
The first two "Alien" pictures are still masterpieces, fun-house and roller-coaster rides reflected darkly and grotesquely by the next two; let's hope the planned fifth solo "Alien" film rectifies this situation!