Alien Resurrection (1997), Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, rated R for sci-fi gore, violence, language

Witness the resurrection.

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott, Kim Flowers, Dan Hedaya, Brad Dourif, Raymond Cruz

DML Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ - above average

"And he put an alien inside of you. It's a really nasty one. And in a few hours it's gonna burst through your ribcage, and you're gonna die. Any questions?" - Ripley 8

Why watch this? Somehow, four sequels in, this slimy and ultra-violent film manages to be really entertaining.

Plot Summary: Two centuries after her death, Ellen Ripley is cloned to extract the Alien queen embryo inside her. The military scientists on the spaceship USM Auriga intend to study and breed the Aliens using abducted humans as hosts. However, the Aliens escape and are intent on reaching the populated Earth. Only Ripley-8 and a crew of mercenaries can stop them.

Dad's Preview: The first three Alien films certainly took themselves very serious. This very different fourth effort comes at you with a wink... a need to simply suspend belief and simply enjoy Ripley one more time. Two hundred years after Alien 3 (1992), a clone of the original Ripley, called Ripley 8, has been created using her DNA merged with a Xenomorph. That sentence alone should warn you that this is going to be a wild sci-fi ride. The smart move was to bring in great character actors such as Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, and the always creepy Brad Dourif - they're fun to watch, and their witty one-liners hold the film's outlandish plot together. You will have no idea where this flick is going, and when you get to the end, you'll say, "What did I just see?"

Brandywine Productions; 20th Century Fox