What is it that makes it the worst of the series?

Rating: 5/10 (3 November 2008)

What is it about this film that makes it the weakest of the four Alien films? Visually it's terrific in places. Where Brad Dourif faces off the Alien through the glass in the lab, the set design, lighting is excellent. The music is nice and dramatic and the cast and performances from Weaver, Perlman, Wincott, Dourif, and others are really good too. Some moments of dialogue also put a smile on the face. I quite enjoyed Ripley 8 telling Leland Orser he was going to die and she was the mother for one.
So what we have is the basis for a great sequel. Where does it all go wrong? Well the whole concept is just completely ridiculous isn't it. I mean almost every trick that made the first films work (and most other effective action/horror work) is hammered, the main thing being that limited exposure of the actual Alien to keep you on the edge of your seat is gone and here it's practically in every second scene. This nullifies any potential for it to be scary. The final 30 minutes is cringe making at best and since and they didn't even get the science right. I mean, since when does Sulfuric acid dissolve glass? It's a damn shame, because with all the ingredients in the first paragraph in place it had the potential to be better than Alien3 if not as good as the first two. If anything, Alien Resurrection shows how difficult a task Fincher had in making Alien3 original and reinventing the concept. For what it does well it gets half marks from me