Alien: Resurrection

Year: 1997

Grade: C-

Country: USA

Director: Jeunet

Review

(special edition) – i’m not sure why jeunet got to direct this film. he’s the director of good films like city of lost children and delicatessen and not such good films like alien: resurrection and amelie. his work on city of lost children makes him a decent choice for this film, but, so far as i know, he’s untested as an action director, and it shows in this film. he covers it up a bit with some humor and good production design, but is unable to match scott’s ability to build tension through atmosphere and cameron’s ability to adequately direct action sequences. the story is completely half-baked and some of the performances are pretty pathetic. alien 3 was passable, but this one is unacceptable, especially considering the strength of the first two films.