Alien Resurrection | Rotten Tomatoes (2025)

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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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Alien Resurrection | Rotten Tomatoes (1) 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 Alien Resurrection | Rotten Tomatoes (2) 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 Alien Resurrection | Rotten Tomatoes (3) 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 Alien Resurrection | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Casey Chong Casey's Movie Mania [A] missed opportunity. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 15, 2024 Full Review Alien Resurrection | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Marshall Fine Journal News (Westchester, NY) Let's see: It's a big improvement over No. 3, not as good as No. 2 but on a par with or slightly better than No. 1. Anything else you want to know about Alien Resurrection? Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Alien Resurrection | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Bob Stephens San Francisco Examiner A wonderfully contradictory film -- it's trashy, brutal, viciously ironic and highly imaginative. Rated: 3/4 Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sankalp good S It's a good freequel with a good story by Whedon n Jean r good n casting n performance r great script would be great but it's a okay n looking a glimpse of future hybrid cloning r great unlike his predecessors but it's a another fun filled thrilling ride all over with excitement n what next with a great ending I enjoyed it i believe in future another sequel is awaiting for us🤩👌🦸‍♂️👊🎉💫♥️😃⚡ Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Xander W Good Not The Best But One Of The Good Misunderstood Moments. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Nathan W The fourth movie was a disgrace. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review Bruno S A gente tenta ver um ponto positivo em algumas coisas, mas aqui não dá... Nem a Sigourney Weaver se salva dos absurdos desse filme! Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Audience Member Another decent entry in the Alien franchise. It does start to feel a little predictable by now and I feel like some of the characters are only there to die. I did enjoy seeing Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder’s characters interact with one another. Other than that, I’d say it was just okay. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Tuomo R This movie was so horrible 🤣! I love it.. and it's funny how Ripley is just sexualising everyone in the movie, even the newborn. And the chestburster scene where the guy got shot 80 times and proceeded to kill the shooter with the use of his chestburster and everyone started spraying their guns at them is just so bad it's hilarious asf. The movie is so good. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director Sigourney Weaver Lt. Ellen Ripley Winona Ryder Annalee Call Ron Perlman Johner Dominique Pinon Chief Mechanic Vreiss Michael Wincott Captain Elgyn
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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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