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Summary: A godawful American movie but an amusing French one
Review: As seen in theaters or on VHS, "Alien Resurrection" is almost unreleasably bad: cliched, nonsensical, witlessly crude - altogether a ...petering-out of a once great series.But when I received the DVD as a gift, I discovered that watching it with French-language audio and English subtitles - in effect, as a French film - was a completely different experience. It became an entertainingly light-hearted, "The Fifth Element"-ish blend of science fiction and farce. Certainly not what Fox had in mind but you make the best of a bad situation.
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Summary: A.R does not fit in, but does stand on its own
Review: I had seen Aliens as a child, and could remember it as it was a great film. This was however the first in the series that I saw as an adult and I enjoyed it. It inspired me to watch the other 3 films again. And then I realised how much it ruins the entire trilogy that comes before it. The first three had original storylines, great sets, superb acting, action, some humour and were of a high standard. The first three movies came to a convincing end in Alien 3 after the action of Aliens and the horror of Alien. I love those films. This movie does not really convey any of the strengths of the first 3 films. I believe the storyline for Resurrection is workable and actually very good, and could have been a worthy sequel. But it isnt, it is poorly done. It just looks like a comic movie compared to the others, from looks to feel to acting. But like I said, if you dont take the first 3 too seriously it actually is a good action film. But I beleive it has lost its sci-fi and horror roots.
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Summary: Bizarre Sequel to the Series.
Review: 200 years later, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) has been brought back thought the magic of DNA, because of the Alien inside of her. The Scientes decide to keep her alive and wanting the Alien in thier Science Division. When a team of thieves (Winona Ryder, Ron Pearman, Domininque Pinon, Gary Dourdan, Kim Flowers & Micheal Wincott) arrived in a military Spaceship, where they bring people has been kidapped from thier Hyper-Sleep for the Aliens. When one of the thieves has discover that Ripley is alive somehow but different side of her. Now Ripley, which she`s half human/half alien have to deal with the Alien again but she has to face also a Complete different new Alien has been born. DVD`s has an strong anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer & an excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD`s only extras are:3 minute featurette, trailers and a collector`s booklet. This is a complete different sequel to the Alien Series. Some might enjoy this but Die-Hard fans of the series will love it. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeanet (The City of the Lost Childern, Amelie). Written by Josh Whedon (T.V.'s Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The Latest 2 Disc Set has the New Alternative Cut with an different opening and ending with 8 minutes of additonal version, Theatrical Verison is also in the same disc. DVD has an Commentary Track by the Filmmakers and Cast Members. Disc 2 has plenty of Behind the Scenes featurettes and more. Jeunet did admit that, he`s prefet his Theatrical cut but Jeunet did had the chance to finish Alternative Opening and Ending with CGI Effects for the Special Edition DVD. This DVD is Digitally Mastered for THX Picutre Quality and Sound. Super 35. Both Versions-Grade:A-.
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Summary: Underrated
Review: This is surely one of the slickest action films made in recent years, with superb acting and absolutely fascinating storyline for anyone interested in the Alien saga. Fans will have watched this in dread praying that the reputation of the first three films would be preserved. They can rest assured. The action is slick, the effects brilliant, the aliens terrifying, the plot spellbinding (though reassuring in its familiarity) and individual scenes (the newborn dying, the mutations being flamed etc.) breathtaking. Watch it, buy it, add it to the saga.
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Summary: Jean-Pierre, why did you make this?
Review: That is the question to be answered, and I can't come up with a single reason why. After his first two masterpieces, the City of Lost Children and Delicatessen, he got his chance to come to Hollywood and direct. But an Alien film? He must have been a fan, that is the only excuse.... I cannot in good conscious recommend this movie to any Jeunet fans out there. As this is not the product of him, but more likely inept film-editors and producers. It is utterly and completely lacking of the fairy tale-esque brightness he usually brings to his films. If you're a fan of his, you will be disappointed. Stylistically, it is sub-par compared to his other films, especially the magnificent new Amelie. Storywise, it was written by the exec. producer to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv series, need I say more? Acting wise, Jeunet regulars Pinon and Perlman give decent performances, as does Weaver to an extent. Ryder and the rest of the cast are disappointing, but there obviously wasnt much to work with. I decided to give it 2 stars instead of one because Jeunet took a dead series and gave it cpr for a brief shimmering moment, but that light faded very early on. Better than the rest of the dismal Alien movies though.... : )
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Summary: Wouldn't recommend this one
Review: While this movie contained a reasonable storyline, and its FX were ok, I feel this movie totally wrecked the entire Alien series. Ripley being brought back after 200 years by cloning, coming out as half-alien herself, was just too strange. It was an ok movie, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who hasn't seen the other three. While the characters are original and the actors did play their parts well, I thought while watching this movie that it put a bad ending on a good series of movies.
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Summary: A truly mixed review follows
Review: This film is difficult to rate. First, the dialog is so poor that it had me groaning. Yet at the same time, the acting was fairly good. Ron Perlman had the absolutely worst lines, yet he managed to create a memorable, convincing character out of such unpromising material. That's a credit both to his acting prowess and to the direction. The latter has a twisted, creepy feel so reminiscent of David Cronenberg that DC and Jeunet must be soul mates. Still, one has to wonder why Jeunet didn't insist on improvements to the screenplay, so my compliments to him have to be somewhat backhanded. If you're expecting the film to hit the heights of the first two, you'll be disappointed. But, since Alien3 was so lifeless and devoid of visual appeal, this one impressed me since my expectations had been so drastically lowered. Hey, look, set design! I remember that!
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Summary: Not a great movie, but a good movie
Review: Very different from the other 3 Alien movies, very different. Of course, since Ripley has been DEAD since the 3rd movie, that would make sence that this movie is a bit different. While I am not sure why I like this movie, I am also not sure if I could really recommend this movie. It is a very good movie, but it doesn't hold up well on its own without the other 3, or at least the 3rd movie. I would rate this as more of a fan's movie than anything else. I wouldn't recommend this movie to someone who is not a sci-fi fan.
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Summary: Not too good.
Review: This movie sucks. Worst movie in the series. Shows why cloning is bad.
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Summary: aliensssssssssss
Review: this is one tight movie i think its the second best in the series it can never live up to aliens.this has a cool ending weavers god in all the aliens this one two but see acted pretty weird with the powers.
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