Alien Resurrection

Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings a French fairy-tale strangeness to the series, and nothing else in it looks or moves quite like this. Sigourney Weaver clearly relishes playing a Ripley who isn't entirely human anymore, sly and unsettling where she used to be steadfast, while Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman and Dominique Pinon make a scrappy crew. Joss Whedon's script swings between grim body horror and wisecracks, and the tone doesn't always hold together. An underwater chase through a flooded kitchen is a genuine set-piece highlight, though the grotesque final stretch divides fans. Come for the weirdness and the performances rather than the scares.