Ripley How Could You?

Rating: 2/10 (16 August 2003)

Why is this movie so bad? Well it isn't, unless you compare it to the ones that preceded it, then it's a real junker. What makes it different from the other Alien movies? Well, one of the great things about the Alien movies is that they were kind of intelligent. Interesting and scientific even. Pretty much throw that out the window here. Also, one thing that distinguished the other Alien movies from other "Monster" movies were strong supporting characters. You got to see them vulnerable and scared before the creature attacked. You actually cared about them. But here there is no supporting character development, they are just pieces of meat. Characters that the under-developed script writers drag along(characters that serve no purpose), just to kill them later. You can pretty much who will be next and when it will happen. That is unforgivable. Alien Ressurection is more like a comic book than a movie, and in this case, that is the farthest thing from a compliment.