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Review of Alien
A landmark of science fiction and horror, Alien arrived in 1979
between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back as a stylishly
malevolent alternative to George Lucas's space fantasy. Partially
inspired by 1958's It! The Terror from Beyond Space, this instant
classic set a tone of its own, offering richly detailed sets,
ominous atmosphere, relentless suspense, and a flawless ensemble
cast as the crew of the space freighter Nostromo, who fall prey
to a vicious creature (designed by Swiss artist H.R. Giger) that
had gestated inside one of the ill-ed crew members. In a
star-making role, Sigourney Weaver excels as sole survivor
Ripley, becoming the screen's most popular heroine in a lucrative
movie franchise. To measure the film's success, one need only
recall the many images that have been burned into our collective
psyche, including the "facehugger," the "chestburster," and
Ripley's climactic encounter with the full-grown monster.
Impeccably directed by Ridley Scott, Alien is one of the cinema's
most unforgettable nightmares. --Jeff Shannon
Review of Aliens
Aliens is one of the few cases of a sequel that far surpassed the
original. Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, who awakens on
Earth only to discover that she has been hibernating in space so
long that everyone she knows is dead. Then she is talked into
traveling (along with a squad of Marines) to a planet under
assault by the same aliens that nearly killed her. Once she gets
there, she finds a lost little girl who triggers her maternal
instincts--and she discovers that the company has once again
double-crossed her, in hopes of capturing one of the aliens to
study as a weapon. Directed and written by James
Cameron, this is one of the most intensely exciting (not to
mention intensely frightening) action films ever, with a large
ensemble cast that includes Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Paul
Reiser, and Michael Biehn. Weaver defined the action woman in
this film and walked away with an O nomination for her
trouble. --Marshall Fine
Review of Alien 3
The least successful film in this series was directed by
stylemaster (and content-underachiever) David Fincher. Ripley,
the only survivor of her past mission, awakens on a prison planet
in the far corners of the solar system. As she tries to recover,
she realizes that not only has an alien gotten loose on the
planet, the alien has imed one of its own within her. As she
battles the prison authorities (and is aided by the prisoners) in
trying to kill the alien, she must also cope with a distinctly
shortened lifespan that awaits her. But the striking imagery
makes for muddled action and the script confuses it further. The
ending looks startling but it takes a long time--and a not
particularly satisfying journey--to get there. --Marshall Fine
Review of Alien Resurrection
Perhaps these films are like the Star Trek movies: The
even-numbered episodes are the best ones. Certainly this film
(directed by French stylist Jean-Pierre Jeunet) is an improvement
over Alien 3, with a script that breathes exciting new life into
the franchise. This chapter is set even further in the future,
where scientists on a space colony have cloned both the alien and
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), who died in Alien 3; in doing so,
however, they've mixed alien with Ripley's human chromosomes,
which gives Ripley surprising power (and a bad attitude). A band
of smugglers comes aboard only to discover the new race of
aliens--and when the multi-mouthed melonheads get loose, no place
is safe. But, on the plus side, they have Ripley as a guide to
help them get out. Winona Ryder is on hand as the smugglers' most
unlikely crew member (with a secret of her own), but this one is
Sigourney's all the way. --Marshall Fine