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Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2000)

First off, I would like to state that I am quite a fan of the Alien films. The original was a classic film on its own, the sequel was (in my opinion, of course) a classic of the action/horror/sci-fi/whatever genre, but I found the 3rd one a bit forgettable. Alien:Resurrection, the 4th in the series, is perhaps the most grotesque of all of them. Among the yuckiest moments are the scenes where the Alien "Newborn" is sucked out through the hole in the window, and perhaps where the general is struck in the head from behind by the alien queen with her lovely retractable mouth. These scenes add appeal for those fans of gore in movies, but they don't benefit anyone else and therefore aren't much to watch for the general public.

Something that irritated me in this movie are the one liners that a lot of the characters spit out, mainly Rippley, who states "It was in my way", after Winona Ryder's character shows incredulity when Rippley exterminates an alien. These aren't exactly a good substitute for dialogue and the movie would've done better to have left them out altogether - in fact most speech in this movie could be erased to make the film better, in my opinion.
Anyway, to sum it up Alien:Resurrection should be seen if you're either a fan of the Alien films (all fans of these films would've already seen it anyway), or a sci-fi/horror freak.