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.
So campy that it almost plays like a sendup of the series. It is to 'Alien' what 'The Bride of Frankenstein' was to other 1930s Frankenstein movies, and it even shares some of the same themes.
– John Hartl,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
This film should be an amazing thrill ride, but it has the emotional impact of a bowling ball at rest.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
If you need to read a review to decide if you want to see "Alien Resurrection," you absolutely shouldn't be going.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb 2001
fresh:
It satisfactorily recycles the great surprises that made the first movie so powerful. And most significantly, it makes a big hoot of the whole business.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
22 Jan 2002
fresh:
It brings a mordant, crackerjack wit to the world of chest-busting, head-ripping creepazoids from beyond.