Enjoyable

Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2011)

This movie is not as good as Alien and Aliens, which are quite rightly called sci-fi classics, but it is an improvement over Alien 3(though I don't think it is as bad as it is made out to be). There isn't really anything new here admittedly, despite the film making a fresh slate, and it isn't as efficiently paced, but Alien:Resurrection cleverly makes an enjoyable enough film knowing that. The film looks great, as is the case of all the movies in the series, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's direction is adept. The story is more consistent I feel, the script has its fine moments and the atmosphere is just terrific. Alien: Resurrection also is tense, pretty suspenseful, has its moments of humour and is very graphic and bloody, definitely the most graphic of the series not that it's a bad thing. Sigourney Weaver is also on top form here. Overall, enjoyable film that does its best despite having a lot to live up to. 8/10 Bethany Cox