The worst of the bunch.

Rating: 1/10 (13 June 2001)

Before Alien Resurrection it was referred to as the Alien Trilogy. After it's release it was still referred to as the Alien Trilogy, that fact pretty much sums up the value of this movie. The "Alien" story is a mere backdrop for the latest in special effects, and spectacular though they may be they certainly can not make up for what is missing. The most important aspect of "Alien" was that it was believable, totally plausible, and filmed in such a way that the seriousness of the story was always the most important aspect. That fact remained intact for 3 movies, until Jeunet came along and turned it into a parody of itself. Jeunet steals lines and scenes from the earlier movies to bolster this movie's credibility, but with little success, and even less originality. Given Sigourney Weaver was not initially paid for "Aliens", I prefer to think of Resurrection as "Sigourney's Revenge". She probably got paid more for this movie than the 3 prior movies combined. All this so she can do a poor imitation of Ah-nold from "The Terminator". Winona Ryder is pitiful as the emotional android. She should stick to being a burned out teenage pot head, because that's the role she plays best and obviously comes most naturally. But that's not totally fair, because you can't act if you don't have a plot. The scene with the flame thrower was ridiculous, it was such a poor copy of the incredible original. The scene where frozen limbs break off, what an original idea that was, can you spell T2? The mother alien, the largest, nastiest, creature that ever ripped an android in half with it's 2 hands, was killed off by a single blow from it's own offspring, a creature that looks like it's outfit was picked up at a Halloween costume store for $25. Everyone I know laughed when they saw it. "Unique visual genius"? Please, picking up a medical journal and molding plaster to look like real deformities is not genius, it's exactly what the whole movie was, a total rip off. File this one behind "Space Balls".