Alien: Resurrection

"It's already too late."

Nov 26 1997 R 1h 49m
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

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.

Plot

The saga continues 200 years after Ripley sacrificed herself for the sake of humanity. Her erstwhile employers long gone, this time it is the military that resurrects the one-woman killing machine through genetic cloning to extract the alien from within her, but during the process her DNA is fused with the queen and then the aliens escape. Now Ripley must decide where her allegiance lies.

Written by

Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Joss Whedon

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions

Languages

English

Awards

7 wins & 21 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
280,144
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
62
Popularity
NA