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Summary: Alien 4
Review: After the lacklustre Alien 3, this visually impressive entry into the Alien franchise is far better than it's predecessor but doesn't quite reach the lofty heights of Ridley Scott's original.The special effects are the main attraction, including a standout scene with CG aliens in water, and both CGI creations and practical blend seamlessly together. Sigourney Weaver is excellent in this one, building on her character with the premise that she's cloned from her original self. Most critics moaned about Winona Ryder being "out of place" but I think she does really well considering she's in unfamiliar territory. Also, there's a nice ensemble of hardass mecenaries to get picked off by the aliens one by one. The action set-pieces are nicely done if overly-gruesome, and with a climax that's a fascinating and fitting end (?) to the series, Alien 4 is well done, if sometimes over-cooked.
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Summary: I thought she was dead...
Review: This is hopefully the final installment in the ALIEN series. And, while it is no great film, it is a marked improvement on ALIEN 3. The storyline requires a huge suspension of disbelief, even more so than all 3 of the predecessors. But, if you can get by that, you can have some fun. This film, under the direction of Jean-Pierre Jeunet (AMEILE) is a visually creative film with more than its share of action and gross-outs. As for the aliens themselves, they receive a lot more screen time than in earlier efforts. One of the most intense scenes in the film involves an underwater chase between our heroes and the little beasties. They prove to be very hydrodynamic. The saddest of the aliens is a little baby who has parts of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver revived in her signature role) in its DNA. This flesh colored Alien is pretty disgusting, mewing and purring to its mother before ripping someone else's brain apart. Winona Ryder (BEETLEJUICE) also joins the story as an android with a heart-of-gold. Others of note are from the cast of Jeunet's cult film THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. This film follows the spirit of the first 2 films and is a better end to the series than the previous ending, ALIEN 3. The DVD has a great audio/video transfer with none of the burnt look so apparent in ALIEN 3. It also includes a very brief press-junket style documentary.
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Summary: ok so so
Review: this movie i have to say isnt the greatest alien movie out of the series but it was ok if i had a list out of the four movies this one would be number 3 because it just wasnt that good... they should have stuck with 3 movies...... but some scenes were preety cool
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Summary: 3 and a half stars
Review: Alien Resurrection takes place 200 years after Alien 3. Scientists on a military vessel have cloned Ripley using blood samples from "Fury" 161, where she died. Since the blood sample from "Fury" 161 was taken before the queen came out of her in the 3rd one, there is still alien DNA in her blood. So, they clone the alien queen inside her as well. Their goal: To get the queen out of Ripley and get it to start producing eggs so they can continue their grotesque experiments on them. Shortly after Ripley and the queen inside her is cloned, a group of mercenaries arrive with human cargo. They have hijacked humans asleep in cryotubes and brought them to the military vessel so the cargo can be "impregnated" by the facehuggers to get more aliens. Shortly thereafter, the aliens outsmart the scientists and the aliens get loose and cause havoc. Now, the mercenaries, Ripley, a security guard, and a scientist must make there way across the alien-filled ship to the smaller ermergency ship. Needless to say, "Resurrection" has about as much action as "Aliens." There is a cool scene in which the characters are swimming underwater with aliens following them. After killing one of the aliens chasing them, they finally get to the surface and start climbing a ladder up to the door to get out. (This is after one of the mercenaries shoots some grenades from his gun out of the water and he blows up a whole bunch of eggs) The alien follows them up the ladder and one of the mercenaries takes out 2 pistols, swings backwards down the ladder, and shoots at the alien, finally killing it.
Sounds pretty good, right? Mix some pretty good special effects, some cool exciting action, decent enough acting, and some likeable characters and there you have it...
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Summary: Yes, I gave it 5 (count em 1-2-3-4-5) stars.
Review: This is one of the most bashed films I have ever seen. I am what could be considered a hardcore alien fan, my fandom stemming back to about '91. And yes this film wasn't exactley The Piano but it was a good film. It really showed off the aliens intelligence, however, the were very poorly designed in this film, being very abstract from H.R. Gigers origional design. But the film was riddled with highs and lows. For the lows the top of my list was the special effects. I can't emphasize who poor CGI can look when done improperly, as done in this film, if 95% of all onscreen aliens weren't CGI this film would have been much better, The aliens were cartoons panted into live action, it was like big grotesque Roger Rabbits walking around. Instead of spending millions of bucks on CGI why not guys in suits? It worked in the two most successful films within the franchise. The other two beefs with this film are Winona Ryder (AKA Call) and the Newborn (AKA The worst looking monster ever to curse the silver screen) both were mistakes in ever since of the word, Winona Ryder sold this film in no way, the directors attempts at having her give a nervous glance when someone say something in order to foreshadow something she completely misses her mark and doesn't sell it at all. I swear the Olsen twins would have been better suited for the part. Now we come to the Newborn, this atrocity, has to be one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen, and not the good disgusting either. First it killed the queen, and there was no retaliation by the drones in the hive, then it went on a kill crazy rampage for no apparent reason. I found the design poor H.R. Giger was quoted as saying "That looks like ....", and he was not incorrect. However, I feel the good in this film out weighs the bad. This is by far the most visually stunning alien film, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet gave this film great style. The film had a great DP, Darius Kondjis work is the stuff of legends nowadays. A great set design, second only to Alien in the franchise. A fun and revitalizing script, yes that's what I just typed, you people dog the script so much, you would be thanking the lords above if you ever read Joss Whedons origional draft for the film... heres a hint, think Jurassic Park with the Aliens as the Velociraptors, in space. A nice performance by sigourney weaver, and an open ending, leaving way for yet another sequel.
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Summary: just when you thought it could'nt get any worse
Review: As i am a major alien fan, i found this film by far the worst in the series[Alien 3 i liked quite alot aswell]. This film has almost nothing good to say about itself, and while i talk to many saying they thought alien 3 was bad, i disagree. Alien 3 is dark, scary and very gory, back to the style of the first film. The alien is also one viceous little [creature]. But in this film the aliens are totally boring, the underwater sequence very uneccessary, and the little addition of the "half-human, half-alien" at the end is more than a little bit stupid and will dissapoint fans. You dont care about any of the characters, not even our heroine Ripley or even of the supposed "likeable" characters. A real dissapointment, lets hope if they make an Alien 5, it will be alotbetter than this.
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Summary: Ripley
Review: Since I watched all of the alien film's in a row for my review's, you must first understand that after watching that abomination Alien 3, I was very releaved and overjoyed to see Ripley back in a strong form, rather than a crazed lunatic that send's religeous fanatics running around as bate for no apparent reason.
With my two younger sisters beside me we sat through one Alien after the other, and they seemed to like this one the most. One of them said it tied with Alien's as her favorite. Ripley is back for her fourth and final time as a cloned alien cross-breed. When a group of merceneries arrives at her station with people/lab mice meant for harvesting aliens, Ripley develop's a relationship with Wynona Ryder. The special effects are great, great, great, but the final bow was taken with Alien's. Alien 3 made sure of that. Unfortunately if a sequel(3) before a sequel (Res) is terrible, then you are likely not to be in tune with the character during the last installment. I did feel sympathy for Ripley, and her offspring. I even felt sorry for the queen Alien. But, sorrow doesn't always comply with a story. The acting on all counts was pretty good. There really wasn't a terrible acting job in the whole film.
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Summary: ALIEN RESERRECTION IS AWSOME!
Review: This is the very best of the alien movies and .... But this movie I would never ever let a child watch there is GORE AND MORE. The aliens are even more scary with the taste for flesh. With your favorite ripley back again as you have never seen her in the other movies she has super strength acid blood and even a bond with the aliens. ... SO IF YOU LIKE GORE GORE AND MORE THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU. ....
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Summary: ALIEN RESERRECTION IS AWSOME!!!![....]
Review: This is the very best of the alien movies [...]. But this movie I would never ever let a child watch there is GORE AND MORE. The aliens are even more scary with the taste for flesh. With your favorite ripley back again as you have never seen her in the other movies she has super strength acid blood and even a bond with the aliens. Even I am only 12 I still think this is [great]. SO IF YOU LIKE GORE GORE AND MORE THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU. Also I HEARD THAT THERE WILL BE AN ALIEN 5 SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR MORE TO COME.
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Summary: Blech
Review: I occasionally felt ill watching this movie. What was all that goop flying around? Did a couple of thousand dogs barf to make this film? There were some pretty good action scenes, some humor, and some pretty good performances, but overall it's just not that good. The Aliens don't really look (or act) like the originals. For one thing, now they swim like fish. I hope the movie industry is done with gross-out special effects (in this case, not very good ones) and goes back to more subtle and understated films. Imagination can fill in the details; throwing mince-meat at the audience (which is what this movie does) isn't the best way to go.
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