Alien Resurrection

Perhaps these films are like the Star Trek movies: The even-numbered episodes are the best ones. Certainly this film (directed by French stylist Jean-Pierre Jeunet) is an improvement over Alien 3, with a script that breathes exciting new life into the franchise. This chapter is set even further in the future, where scientists on a space colony have cloned both the alien and Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), who died in Alien 3; in doing so, however, they've mixed alien DNA with Ripley's human chromosomes, which gives Ripley surprising power (and a bad attitude). A band of smugglers comes aboard only to discover the new race of aliens--and when the multi-mouthed melonheads get loose, no place is safe. But, on the plus side, they have Ripley as a guide to help them get out. Winona Ryder is on hand as the smugglers' most unlikely crew member (with a secret of her own), but this one is Sigourney's all the way. --Marshall Fine

Movie Details

Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya
MPAA Rating: R
Running time: 109 min
DVD Aspect Ratios: 2.35 : 1

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DVD Features:

Interactive Menus

Production featurette

Behind-the-scenes footage

Interviews with cast & crew

Theatrical trailer

Scene Selection

THX Certified

International rating:

Europe: 18
Japan: R
Australia: MA

DVD International release dates:
North America: Jan 6, 04