An Honest Review

Rating: 1/10 (23 December 2018)

I can't believe how the Alien franchise has been politicized in two directions by the same side of the political debate.
I pointed out Ripley as an example of a strong female lead that everyone loves, and that got me the ire of the intersectional crowd. It's not politically correct to like Ripley when you have worse and more modern strong female leads.
But, I really didn't like "Alien: Resurrection" and that earned me the wrath of the exact same people!!!!
So, I guess the basic rule of thumb is that you are only supposed to like the bad movies to be politically correct?
I don't know how it works.
For those of you that are rational, "Alien: Resurrection" stinks. For starters, Ripley is supposed to be dead. Bringing her back the way they did, well, that's not only an insult to us fans that love her, but to Ripley as well.
Seeing her like that left a sour taste in my mouth.
And though I always loved and will likely always love both Winona Ryder and Ron Perlman, and though they did as good of a job as they could...they couldnt act their way around a horrible script and a terrible premise.
You can't blame the actors for this nightmare. You can see that they are actually trying to salvage something from the mess. In the end, you have to blame it on the fact that this is an Alien movie that no one asked for, and it's a plot that should never have been.
In 1997 this movie was trash. In 2018, however, it's fresh air considering the Alien movies we have now. But still, I'm giving it the 97 rating.
it was over at 3, no need to insult a stellar franchise.