On the eve of Alien Romulus, we revisted the fourth film starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder. It's on Hulu.
n. I first saw it when it hit theaters in 1997 and only remember the disappointment. Then, in the years since, it was perpetually at the bottom of any ranking ofI was sticking to it. and by the end of the film, I was smiling ear to ear, happy to have been completely wrong. Well, almost., opens next week and in the lead-up, I made the decision to rewatch the original movies. Things started with Ridley Scott’swhich I also hadn’t seen in full in some time, and was wholly underwhelmed.
Right there you’ve got a very cool idea. It’s Weaver as Ripley, but not really, and she’s now the mother of an alien queen… sort of. The idea not only lets Weaver craft a whole new version of her most memorable character, it opens the door for cross-pollination. Like the fact this Ripley shares traits with her alien offspring and, at the end of the film, we learn those similarities go the other way as well.
Within that framework, we get the standard band of ragtag characters who are ripe for the picking. And, thanks to director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, it’s a who’s who of fantastic character actors, like Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, Brad Dourif, Raymond Cruz, Gary Dourdan, and Michael Wincott. Then there’s the excellent addition of Winona Ryder—who at first we think is just a member of the crew but is later revealed to be the Bishop/Ash android character.
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