Desperate attempt to revitalize the series

Rating: 5/10 (10 March 2004)

**SPOILERS** First of all, I didn't hate this movie. I didn't love it either, though. Which is a shame, because I pretty much feel a good "Alien" sequel writes itself. Admittedly, the creators were written into a corner when Ripley killed herself in part 3. But I felt the device used to bring her back here was clever...she's a clone, duplicated in an effort to pull the gestating queen out of her. At first Sigourney Weaver plays this with just the right amount of innocence and curiosity you would expect from a new born. But about half way through she becomes just another wisecracker, like the space crooks surrounding her. I also didn't understand how I was supposed to get all ga-ga with fear over the fact that there were 12 aliens in the movie...remember, there were HUNDREDS in "Aliens". I wasn't bored but I wasn't engaged watching this the way I was with the other three. And the comedy seemed forced.