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Alien Resurrection

Play trailer Poster for Alien Resurrection R Released Nov 26, 1997 1h 49m Sci-Fi Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Two hundred years have passed since Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) died on Fiorina 161. Aboard the medical research vessel USM Auriga, a team of scientists clone Ripley from her extracted DNA and removes the alien Queen embryo which was growing inside her at the time of her death.
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While Sigourney Weaver's feral performance as a resurrected Ripley restores some fun to the Alien franchise, the acid blood running through this fourth entry's veins corrodes whatever emotional investment audiences had left.

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David Hunter The Hollywood Reporter Alien Resurrection checks in with enough slime, gore and scary monster-flick moments to satisfy undemanding audiences. But it's an ugly, animated corpse of a movie stitched together from the other three films in the series. Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Jay Carr Boston Globe [A] cold but sufficiently nightmarish and high-powered proof that there's life in the old franchise yet. Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald The sardonic bits work, but there's none of the old grandeur and depth, and not much horror either. The smell of evil is missing. Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast You've got to give Alien Resurrection some credit: it takes some big swings. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 29, 2025 Full Review Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast Too weird, wet and horny to be widely accepted, Alien Resurrection nevertheless captures Jeunet's unique stuff, Whedon's trademark quips, and brings its own flavour to the Alien franchise Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 23, 2025 Full Review Stephen A. Russell Orion's Shoulder (Substack) Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s otherwise truly pathetic crash and burn of the xenomorph-driven franchise. Mar 6, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Honestly a shame to give such a poor rating on a series that I strongly enjoy. But genuinely the worst of the whole franchise. It’s not that the premise was *that* bad, but the execution was horrible. *spoiler* Nearly the entire cast is unbearable, and since Ripley is not even truly Ripley anymore, our main lead is just bizarre and not right. At times this movie is just downright disturbing. The only good thing is that the visual effects strongly improved since Alien 3. I was debating not finishing this film, but I definitely wouldn’t ever bother to watch it again. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/09/25 Full Review M B Great ideas and cast but totally and utterly twisted. Most deranged Alien movie but good enough still! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Joe H. I’m a huge Alien franchise movie fan so it’ll automatically rate high with me and it’s an older movie so it’s a classic to me. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Jean B Under rated, French director, Gore, dark, for sure not for everyone taste but something great indeed ! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review Aiden A Well… a total aberration, please pretty please don’t waste your time watching this pretty pedestrian excuse of a “movie”. Ripley died gloriously in Alien 3 and there was no need to “Resurrect” her… go ahead watch, don’t tell me I didn’t warn you 😀 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/17/25 Full Review Dan S They keep getting worse! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Two hundred years have passed since Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) died on Fiorina 161. Aboard the medical research vessel USM Auriga, a team of scientists clone Ripley from her extracted DNA and removes the alien Queen embryo which was growing inside her at the time of her death.
Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Producer
Bill Badalato, Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Screenwriter
Joss Whedon
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
Rating
R (Grotesque Images|Gore|Language|Strong Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$47.7M
Runtime
1h 49m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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