Joss Whedon Does Alien

Rating: 6/10 (30 September 2017)

Two centuries after her death, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the aliens.
Roger Ebert felt "there is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder", later naming it one of the worst films of 1997. The first part may be reasonable, but the second part is a bit much. I mean, heck, this is a Joss Whedon script with the director of "Delicatessen". How can that fail? Really, the issue is the tone. As a Joss Whedon film, it works. As a film in the "Alien" franchise, it feels out of place. Something is off. And not just the nonsense about being able to clone someone with their memories intact...