It lacks the frequent surprises of Alien, but it is just as visceral, and ultimately, more disturbing.

The plot lines are way too familiar and the ending is merely an invitation for Alien 5.

Alien Resurrection checks in with enough slime, gore and scary monster-flick moments to satisfy undemanding audiences. But it's an ugly, animated corpse of a movie stitched together from the other three films in the series.

The movie isn't especially exciting (or coherent) and, in all honest, it's a bit of an eye-sore.