This movie was made too early

Rating: 5/10 (13 June 2020)

If Whedon wrote it and Jeunet directed it later in their careers, with not only more experience in their respective styles but also the professional credibility and weight to push for their exact vision, this could have been a great movie. Each Alien installment has chosen a completely different genre angle and this could have been a great gore/satire take on it. Unfortunately it is just trying to be a little bit of everything and doesn't succeed at any of it. Also what they tried to go for would have benefited from more modern visual effects, another argument for wishing this had been made at least 10 years later. As a standalone sci-fi flick it would have been decent for its time but it just doesn't hold up to the 3 previous ones in the franchise. RIP(ley), franchise!