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Alien Sequel Down to Earth Thursday, December 11, 1997 ~f.Je ~quinu Page9 . ,_.... ~ ·- .- .....-->'- ___ llliiiiiiii _______,_, ___________----.------.------------- ---ROYALLIFE - Alien sequel down to earth By JEFF BOAM brute and Winona Ryder plays a again as a performer. Alien: Aquinas Correspondent - _ character named Call) make the Resurrection is a fun role for acquaintance of Ripley. her. Call is a complex character, The explosive fourth install­ No surprise to 'the audience, but by no means deserving of a ment of the Alien series resur­ the aliens escape and plague the quality actress like Ryder. Thus, rects both a franchise and a ship. At one point in the film, both Ryder and the audience heroine, but the -story takes a Ripley states "They'll breed and · have fun with the role. turn for the worse. Just as with you'll die." And die is exactly :Perlman's gruff smuggler is any sequel, the audience must what they do. The· lucky ·crew an .~udience pleaser, playing the ask itself "Is this trip really nec­ members abandon the ship, a Violent joker. He makes the essary?" With Alien: leaving Ripley, the pirates, and a perfect foil for the sisterhood Resurection, the answer is a few shady scientists aboard to and camaraderie of Ripley and resounding "yes." Another fight the monsters. Call. sequel was needed to make Suffering numerous casual­ The problem of the film lies amends for the dark, dismal, and ties on the way, Ripley and com­ with Josh Whedon's (Toy Story) dull Alien 3, directed by David pany make their way toward the script. Whedon's story works Fincher (Seven). pirate ship. well at the outset. The reproduc­ Alien: Resurrection is not the Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet tion of Ripley, save for the ques­ worst of the series, but it is far brings' a dark acuity to the film. tion of how DNA could _be from the best. _In all honesty, The lucid direction of The City extracted from molten metal, with all of its stunning action of Lost Children is present was fascinating. In one scene, '~~;§i!' scenes, Alien: Resurrection pos­ throughout Alien: Resurrection. Ripley discovers the six .. .,.., .. ,.,..,- ·· .p~ini!ngs ~Qi:t~~ · sess the i_ntensity that made To his credit, Alien: failed attempts at ·· ·i ::Me~s With, 'teia5:~ is - Aliens a sci-fi/horror classic. recreating her. The -~igri'slqcated all 0\Teilh~_res~u.:. Unfortunately, the film should ....~ inclusion of this hor- .;.;..;;--.:·_c.J.:.-.;+·: ....... u .. .,v erribl.E!Z<>:nt::~ ·qn the shirk of the .. waiters. and have ended with its action sequences. n.~·~"·~ .. ~e seat~> you: are pr~s~nt~ with abig bucket Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney fuunc'ti ·()r}: \~r.hile. you- wait. for your order. The Weaver) remains one of film's Ripley's relation­ :··w:aiu:es1s-p~li1t~l:Y. 'informs ymi'to discard.ypu(peam~t shells by greatest heroines, despite ship with the aliens ...the_' floor: -After the :irutiaJ _'shock weais off, the fact that she was demonstrates ·------~-...: :o,res:enlted'wiih.a·menii filled-·w1t:h -a large vanety of killed off in the last Whedon at his r , , , ~ v • • , • , ~ , ~ , - •• • .~· • , , film. When she last worst, however. ~ ... l.C'-~luu · ~PP.eqzers includ§s ·Te_x~ Anuuillo Cheese graced the big In recreating Jiuge:.PI~f~.. o(ste~.-fpeS, ~9ver~~ 'with ·two dif­ screen, Ripley, a - Ripley and •-:,:-J~c;;;ua&L· .,....,,.,.., .•_.,. .. ,'che~'§ejifid.; topp_e:(to(f~Viifh: _pie(:e~ .Of Crispy surrogate for an · the alien ~-::·~~-:·if:.~- I~~~:·~. ~-~. /' #-.~;-~~-~:~~:~:··~;~ -~:,::·~~:~ .· . ~> . alien, dove into · within her, molten metal to rid : the scien­ __.," tists blend- menacing monsters. ed the DNA of each. Who would have thought In effect, Ripley becomes moth­ that 200 years after her death, er to the new race of aliens. It is scientists would want to breed this notion which should have the aliens for military purposes? Resurrection contains the great­ been handled with more controL The title does not lie, the film est action sequence of all the Instead, the bond between the is a resurrection. With DNA Alien films. The underwater cat­ aliens and Ripley warrants more taken from the Ripley death site, and-mouse chase scene is a pure than a few snickers from the the scientists recreate Ripley to adrenaline rush. This Alien crowd. Whedon turns a great obtain the alien queen within installment is the most intense. action/sci-fi picture into a bad her. It is also the goriest. horror/drama picture. The new Ripley is physically Weaver breathes new life into Had Alien: Resurrection stronger, more detached, and the 18 year-old series. This may remained a straight action piece livelier than the last. She possess seem contradictory since Ripley and not delved into alien moth­ memories, which were encoded has been the main character erhood, it would be a great film. in her DNA. She is a guest since the original Alien, directed All in all, the film is worth aboard the starship where aliens by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner). seeing if just for the action are being bred and trained. But the Ripley of Alien: sequences. Enter the space pirates. Not Resurrection is reborn. Weaver It serves its purpose and it since the Cantina bar in. Star handles the role change bril­ was better than Alien 3. The Wars has scienc~ fiction seen a liantly. Ripley is no longer the ending, however, gives the audi­ group so tough-as-nails and grim soldier of the previous ven­ ence the all too familiar feeling dirty dealing as _this ship ··of tures. She is now playful, fear­ that they are being set up for smugglers. Having come . to do less, and buff. another sequel. business with the ship's captain, Ryder is an actress . who, at Some pearls of wisdom for the pirate crew, (which. includes the relatively young age of 27, the producers: don't press your Ron Perlman as a gun-toting has proven herself time and time _luck. .
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