Alien Resurrection (1997) movie poster

Alien Resurrection (1997)

"It's already too late."
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👍 83%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 59%
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Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.2/10 (5,459 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
62

Cast

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley · 74% avg
Winona Ryder as Call · 72% avg
Dominique Pinon as Vriess · 73% avg
Ron Perlman as Johner · 71% avg
Gary Dourdan as Christie · 65% avg
Michael Wincott as Elgyn · 76% avg
Kim Flowers as Hillard
Dan Hedaya as General Perez · 74% avg

Is Alien Resurrection good?

Most people think so. 83% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 59%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#228 / 1040 · Science Fiction
Rank in its year
#41 / 106 · 1997
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Overview

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Alien Resurrection is a 1997 American science fiction action film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the fourth installment in the Alien franchise. Set 200 years after Alien 3, the film follows a clone of Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, who has been resurrected by military scientists aboard the USM Auriga using blood samples from the planet Fiorina 161. The cloning process has mixed Ripley's DNA with alien genetic material, giving her enhanced strength, acidic blood, and an empathic connection to the xenomorphs.

When the aliens inevitably escape and overrun the ship, Ripley teams with a crew of mercenaries, including Winona Ryder as Call, a synthetic human, to survive. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the visionary French director of Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children, brought a distinctive European sensibility to the franchise, creating images of grotesque beauty. Joss Whedon's screenplay, which he later disowned due to directorial changes, introduced darkly comic elements.

Alien Resurrection earned $161 million worldwide on a $70 million budget.

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