THIS MOVIE HAS EVERYTHING!!!

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2004)

OK when I first saw this movie I had never seen Alien, I'd seen maybe half of Aliens and I had turned off Alien 3 after half an hour because I thought it was SOO bad (the CGI alien is a DISGRACE)! But I was at a movie marathon and Alien Res was on so I sat through it - AND LOVED IT!
I'm now a massive fan of both Alien and Aliens (Alien 3 still sucks in my opinion and is responsible for killing the 'real' series) but I like each for totally different reasons. Alien has awesome suspense and for its time was completely unique. Aliens has a great story line, brilliant acting and is one of the greatest action films ever!
But Alien Resurrection has everything you saw in the first 3 films but wanted MORE of in close up GORY detail!!! There's evil Ripley who is now truly indestructible, evil doctors, surgically removed chest bursters, lotsa army guys with big guns, a pirate ship crew who get slaughtered one by one, aliens swimming, an alien nest, a hybrid alien, clones-gone-wrong, REALLY corny jokes and CHEST BURSTING AND MORE CHEST BURSTING! It is worth seeing this movie just to see one chestburst through a guys head.
OK but even more than the violence and corny jokes I love the characters. Basically Joss Whedon has just written another 'scooby gang' but they're great. And the movie makes so much fun of itself its hilarious! The doctors explaining to Gen. Perez why she has memories is absolute gold.
If you're not out LOOKING for the greatest movie ever then you'll enjoy this but I can understand why people who were fans of the trilogy saw this and were severely disappointed. I can't say a thing against it though, it has EVERYTHING you could want in an entertaining film.
Who'd you think it was gonna be? SANTA CLAUSE??? - Vriess