Alien Resurrection Review
by Anthony Baratta (Anthony AT Baratta DOT com)December 29th, 1997
A Review of Alien Resurrection
13 out of 29 (Expectation: 21 out of 29)
Boy was I disappointed. This movie should have been called Alien Erection. The sex angle was interesting, but did not add to the plot. Tried to be an analgum of the first two movies. But instead failed on all sides. No suspense, sloppy character development. I was sad to see the Mercenaries get it. They were very interesting. A movie should have been made about them instead.
Wynona Rider was thoroughly miscast in this film. Although she tried very hard, there was some very sloppy editing and dialog that made her look really bad. There were numerous throw backs to the other movies, but they felt tossed in like a bad cesear salad. If you do want see this, just watch Sigourney Weaver and Ron Pearlman, they carry the movie. Ron Pearlman's character was so different from Beast that I had to laugh. It was a great change of pace for him and I hope he gets more work. Sigourney was terrific with a bad script. She got a chance to play a Ripley very much different from the previous films. The ending was totaly horrid. Although the special effects were top notch - the final Alien was too hokey to be even laughable. The other actor that shined for me was Brad Dourif. He has been playing these wacked out science fiction parts lately (on Voyager for three episodes) and other places. He is a gem.
Lastly, I was bummed that we didn't see more of the Aliens. When we did see them, they were pretty cool. The full computer animation of the aliens in the water scene was terrfic, even though it was not very scary. The whole movie never got my heart pumping. I hope they don't make any more.
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Anthony Baratta
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