Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection is the 4th and final 'Alien' movie (not including any of the Alien vs Predator spin-offs). It's usually not given much respect due to hiding in the shadows of Alien and Aliens, but to me, it's actually my favorite of the saga. The story takes place many years after Alien 3. The star character, Ripley, is long dead and she took the alien species out with her. So now the plot in Alien Resurrection is to resurrect Ripley and somehow the alien that was living in her body before she died also comes back. I believe this is where most of you would roll your eyes and commit this movie to just being a bunch of rubbish, right? Ok, fair enough. As a regular movie there may be flaws, but as a Survivor movie Alien Resurrection gets it right!

Synopsis and cast: The crew on the spaceship Auriga is doing experimental work on cloning Ripley and studying the alien species she's hosting. After several failed attempts at cloning Ripley the scientists finally have some success and have a living alien to study. In order to generate more aliens, the scientists purchase a group of living human bodies in cryosleep. It takes a band of 6 smugglers to deliver such an illegal bounty to the scientists aboard the Auriga. This is where Elgyn and his misfit team aboard the Betty enter the scene. Once the scientists have multiple aliens cloned and matured all hell breaks lose; literally. The bulk of the movie becomes the crews of the Auriga and the Betty running, hiding, and being ripped apart from the aliens. Let the games begin!

Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the infamous alien slayer who was killed in the previous movie but now cloned and back for more.



General Perez (Dan Hedaya) is the commanding officer of the Auriga and supervises the experiments to clone Ripley and study the Aliens.



Dr. Wren (J.E. Freeman) is one of several scientists onboard the Auriga involved in cloning Ripley and studying the Aliens.



Dr. Gediman (Brad Dourif) is another of the scientists involved in cloning Ripley and studying the Aliens.



Elgyn (Michael Wincott) is captain of the mercenary ship the Betty.




Call (Winona Ryder) is the newest crew member of the Betty.




Christie (Gary Dourdan) is the first mate and second in command of the Betty.




Hillard (Kim Flowers) is the assistant pilot of the Betty who is romantically involved with Elgyn.



Johner (Ron Perlman) is a mercenary and member of the Betty's crew.




Vriess (Dominique Pinon) is the disabled mechanic of the Betty.




Distephano (Raymond Cruz) is a soldier in the United Systems Military stationed onboard the Auriga.



Larry (Leland Orser) is one of several humans who have been kidnapped by the crew of the Betty while in cryosleep and delivered to the Auriga to serve as hosts for the Aliens.

Resurrection scores high as a Survivor movie because it's filled with shocking deaths, some WTF survivors, and multiple times where you think someone is dead but they're not.

Bootlist (spoilers)

(1) Dr. Gediman...when the aliens escape their cage through a hole in the floor they take Dr. Gediman with them. You assume he's dead but you later learn the aliens have saved him as a host (or food or something?) for the Queen.

(2) General Perez...under emergency evacuation, Perez commands his men to escape the ship through pods. Many soldiers die including Perez when an alien rips into the back of his skull.

(3) Elgyn...after the chaos of the evacuation, the smugglers from the Betty and several crew from the Auriga still remain on the ship. Out of nowhere an alien pulls Elgyn through the floor grate killing him.

(4) Hillard...distraught over losing Elgyn she struggles in the back of the pack when the remaining survivors have to swim through a flooded cooling tank. The storming aliens easily pick her off.

(5) Christie...while being chased up a ladder by an alien, Christie gets acid sprayed in his face. He's unable to continue and sacrifices himself to save Vriess, who due to being handicapped has been travelling on Christie's shoulders.

(6) Larry...they learn Larry is carrying an alien in his chest and plan to operate him once they escape. Before they can do this the alien hatches and Larry dies.

(7) Dr. Wren...When the alien bursts through Larry's chest it goes right through Dr. Wrens skull.

(8) Distephano...The final 5 make it aboard the Betty and are leaving when - Oops - an alien has snuck aboard and gets one final snack (Distephano) before Ripley kills it.

Survivors: Ripley, Call, Johner and Vriess