The fourth in the "Alien" series, part of a 30th anniversary BD set.

Rating: Null/10 (18 August 2017)

The year was 2010 and a re-release of all the first 4 "Alien" movies in one complete set on BluRay disk, along with two extra disks of extras. A total of 6 BDs. I found that my local public library has the set and I now have watched all 4 of them within a few days. Picture and DTS sound are excellent as we have come to expect for BluRay. And seeing them in sequence over a short period of time enhances the enjoyment of all of them.
As the commentary track states, there never was an intent to make more than 3 movies, that is why the 3rd one ended the way it did. But they set this 4th one 200 years into the future and a deep space ship has scientists and technology to allow cloning. The former space ship of Ripley's had traces of her DNA and early in the movie we see them fabricating a new one, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley.
Each of the 4 movies has a different script writer and different director so each has its own mood and look. This one is a bit cleaner and brighter. In fact the first half of the movie is superb as the stage is set for cloning and studying the aliens.
The second half degrades quite a bit with more craziness among the characters and more fights and chases involving aliens. A big reveal is that the "new" Ripley has some alien characteristics of strength and quickness. But in the end Ripley once again has to be destroyed.
The movie ends with several surviving in an escape pod to Earth while the larger spaceship with aliens crashes at a terrific velocity in an uninhabited part of Earth to destroy all remaining aliens and eggs. We see it is the outskirts of what used to be the thriving city of Paris, complete with a half-toppled Eiffel Tower.