There's a better movie growing inside Ripley, I bet

Rating: 6/10 (16 May 2019)

Alien IV had the makings of a first-class horror movie:
Arguably Hollywood's all-time creepiest monster.
A cloned - and dare I say it - stunningly ripped Ripley.
A ''what makes us human" subtext.
Wait. That's Alien. Except Ripley was still human then.
They could have made a movie just out of Sigourney Weaver exploring whether she should destroy the Alien colony or become Queen Ripley of the Netherworld.
Alas, this is Hollywood, where every good idea can be buried in a pile of repetitive action, hammy over-acting, and glaring pot holes. So we have to suffer through scenes with Ron Perlman and Dan Hedeya, who turn in two bad performances among many.
And the gag lines, oy. I don't miss the 90s with the movies full of stupid one-liners they could use in marketing campaigns.
But goodness me, Weaver looks as good at 48 as she did at 29 in the first one. Maybe better. That alone is worth 6 stars.