Come Fourth and Show Yourself.

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2006)

Alien Resurrection here is the fourth movie of the Alien epics, the directional duties are given to Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jeunet. As usual, the writing credits go to Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, and Joss Whedon.
Alien Resurrection has a unique blend of individuality, contrast and occasionally containing an analogous trait, where as with the first three movies, which binds in with each other as conjoined triplets, Alien Resurrection breaks free to hold its own pace and style of what is the Alien mould. The concept of Alien Resurrection is not all together unique by any means, but the delivery is done brilliantly and all with the right amount of flair, action, tension and suspense, which are all very good ingredients for any Horror Sci-Fi, the overall effect is a superb conjunction of Sci-Fi and Horror mythology.
Using set designs as impressive as these, though a little trite, they do their job well, with the help of Iranian born Darius Khondji as Cinematographer, having also worked with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Delicatessen, 1991, they have combined their talents to bring a very dark and interesting atmosphere.
The panoramic shots of space, and the ships that glide motionless passed our eyes, are done to an impeccable visual detail, this segues the action shots to the scenic views in an artistic manner that is now the high standard of this movie genre.
Having physiological mind games played against one another, with the upward spiral of fear and paranoia, the trapped captives and their impending attack from the eleven Alien creatures is done to a fashion that is more than adequate to place any self-respecting Horror Sci-Fi movie as this, in a category of high ranking and World-Class status.