Definitely different than the other Alien films, but unfortunately, this is not a plus.

Rating: 4/10 (27 September 1999)

Alien: Ressurrection was definitely a good attempt at a sequel but definitely fell short by a long, long way. The other three Alien films were solid. Their plots were strong and held their own. If the Alien species were to be real, these films would describe them perfectly, in mannerism and in habits, reproduction, and thinking patterns. In Alien 4, much of this structure and solid foundation were thrown away. It is easily proven impossible and contradictory in many ways. Even the slime and gunk the aliens put off to build their homes was altered and very different. Alien: Ressurection was an addition that was best to do without. The characters were somewhat weak except for Ripley's. The only character that truly fit the alien movie specifications was the leader of the Betty crew and he was killed right away. Too many times in the film did a door open and those who were still alive thought it to be an alien whereas it was someone they thought to have died earlier on. It might have been ok if it was done once, but three times? Two of them within 5 minutes of each other. Talk about lacking ideas for suspense. Speaking of suspense, the film wasn't even suspenseful, nor was it thrilling, and the action was weak and almost non-existent. The film was so full of plot holes and unrealistic ideas and concepts that it was almost funny. And the "Newborn"? It was rather a stupid idea to begin with. Now I'm not saying that Alien: Ressurrection was a bad movie, there were some very strong points to it, such as how the newborn was torn between it's thinking of an alien and as a human was very realistic (even though the overall idea was dumb). The film definetly would have done much better as an independent idea and film but completely lacked everything as an alien sequel. It truly did not live up to it. What a disappointment.