It's over man, game over man

Rating: 7/10 (9 August 1999)

The problem with Alien Resurrection wasn't the fact that it was a bad movie. The problem was that it never seemed to know what it wanted to be. The thing that I loved about the previous movies was the fact that each movie, while a continuing story line, was a different vision. Alien was a pure horror film. Aliens was an action/war movie. Alien3 was a gothic thriller. Alien Resurrection seems to be a cross between a modern slasher flick, a art house movie, and a slam bang blow-your-brains-out John Woo style action movie.
Like all of the other Alien movies Resurrection's characters are both well defined and acted. The scientists bored me, but I was both intrigued and entertained by the crew of the Betty. Each member had their own distinct personality that didn't just seem like a clone from one of the previous movies. I really liked the character of Analee Call, played adorably as always by Winona Ryder. I think that if this series is to continue she is without a doubt the heir to the throne. Call had an intriguing "little girl in a world of big bad scary pirates" thing going on, which was interesting. I also like Johner who was like a mix of all of the meanest characters of all the Alien movies thrown together. He provided a good level of comic relief and managed the near impossible feat of being more frightening than the Aliens themselves are.
All in all, Resurrection was neither a bad Alien movie nor a bad movie period. It's worth a look if for nothing more than to look at Winona Ryder for a couple of hours
7/10