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Sigourney Weaver,
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet,
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: 20th Century Fox
: Horror, Science Fiction , Aliens, Robots & Cyborgs, Killer Critters
: 108 min.
: English, French
: English, Spanish
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The fourth film in the Alien series, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children) at a cost of $70 million, takes place aboard an immense ship, the Auriga, where General Perez (Dan Hedaya) heads a staff of seven science officers and 42 enlisted, all employed by United Systems Military (replacing the Company of the earlier films). The time is 200 years after the events of Alien 3. Scientists researching the aliens need hosts, and they rely on space mercenaries who make spacecraft raids to acquire bodies for the scientists. The research requires an Alien Queen specimen, so Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) has been cloned from preserved blood samples. The scientific team then removes the baby Alien Queen from Ripley's chest. Since the Ripley clone has alien DNA mixed into her genetic structure, she is not totally human. Later, a commercial freighter, the Betty, arrives with a crew of mercenaries -- Elgyn (Michael Wincott), pilot Hillard (Kim Flowers), paralyzed mechanic Vriess (Dominique Pinon), space jock Johner (Ron Perlman), and junior mechanic Annalee Call (Winona Ryder) -- who deliver a load of human hosts with alien eggs. Problems begin when the mercenaries take over the Auriga, and aliens escape to massacre humans. As the aliens attack, Ripley and the mercenaries try to reach the Betty in order to escape. Cinematography by Darius Khondji features the same ENR process he used on Seven, adding silver to the printing process to heighten contrasts, making the dark colors richer. An electric blue tint was employed during the underwater firefight between the mercenaries and the aliens. For the more physical aspects of her role, Ryder got in shape with six hours of daily workouts. Although all previous films in the series were shot at London's Pinewood Studios, filming of Alien Resurrection took place West Los Angeles soundstages with special effects in California and Paris. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
As Jean-Pierre Jeunet returns to the Bay Area for On Set with French Cinema, Hannah Eaves and Jonathan Marlow talk with the French director about his early work with Marc Caro (Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children), his Hollywood adventure (Alien: Resurrection), his international hits (Amélie and A Very Long Engagement) and his next film, an adaptation of Life of Pi. Full article >>
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by MDeMars
March 22, 2006 - 8:46 PM PST
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| Not even close to being as good as the first three movies. They seem to have spent a lot of money on special effects and good actors(Sigourney Weaver, Wynonna Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya), but forgot about the story. The plot kind of meanders around and doesn't seem to have a real point. Apparently the military is trying to produce a human alien hybrid. Wynonna Ryder's character is an android trying to sabotage the project. In all of the other movies, the androids are tools of the government trying to bring the alien to Earth. There is no real explanation why this android wants to stop it. Too many unanswered questions in the story that do not follow the storyline of the first three movies. Good effects, good actors, no story. |
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