Entertaining, but a total cut-and-paste job
Always the "but". The movie has precious few surprises. I can tick off buku elements from other movies which were incorporated into this flick. In fact, I can just see the meetings where the suits spouted (SPOILER WARNING) what just had to be present in this installent.
And the thing is, it is quite good. The special effects are top-notch, the story moves with a good rhythm, the acting is all right, but...
Again with the "but". They just don't do that much with the premise. You've seen it all before. All you can do is assuage yourself that it's Weaver again as Ripley raising Cain with the Aliens. Story this time has Ripley cloned 200 years after her death so some mad scientists (are there any others?) and a power-crazed general (is there any other?) can get their grubby hands on Aliens. Course the crap hits the fan. And is Ripley all that she seems to be....
Ms. Weaver deserves special praise for the sheer physicality that she is able to exude for this role nearly twenty years after the first flick. Only one woman out of a thousand could have been is such great shape so many years later and it lends complete credibility to the character.
The Aliens, which are true nightmares brought to life courtesy of the demented imagination of HR Giger, deserve more movies to showcase their capacity for relentless destruction. It's just that it would've been so much better if this movie extended the Alien Universe's boundaries rather than basically repeating the plot from the first flick. (Which is something that the vastly overrated Star Wars trilogy is guilty, so at least Resurrection is in good company.)
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