Alien Resurrection (1997)

200 years have passed since Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) made the ultimate sacrifice in order to destroy the alien breeding in her. But now a group of scientists have cloned her, along with the alien queen inside her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. Directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet (CITY OF LOST CHILDREN), this was the fourth entry in the lucrative ALIEN franchise. It's probably the most disliked of the ALIEN films, even the once maligned ALIEN 3's reputation has grown in recent years, most likely due to director David Fincher's reputation. I've liked all the ALIEN films on some level though I personally don't consider PROMETHEUS (which I despised) part of the ALIEN franchise. Which is not to say this isn't the weakest of the ALIEN movies, mostly due to the supporting characters and some bad writing. As long as the film concentrates on either Weaver or Winona Ryder, I found it engrossing. But the "bad ass" thugs from a cargo ship (who we're supposed to be rooting for), not to mention some bad acting from those playing creepy scientists nearly do the film in. Since I wanted the a-hole cargo crew to get killed by the alien creatures there wasn't much suspense about the humans getting offed. Still, Jeunet managed to occasionally give the film some genuine tension. With Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, Dan Hedaya, Raymond Cruz and J.E. Freeman.