Alien Resurrection (1997)

Some things refuse to stay dead, and some people are never allowed to rest. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Alien Resurrection," written by Joss Whedon, picks up 200 years after "Alien 3," as military scientists aboard a remote research ship, overseen by a ruthless general (Dan Hedaya) and a creepy lead scientist (Brad Dourif), clone Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from her preserved blood so they can extract the alien queen she carried and breed the creatures as weapons. But Ripley's DNA has mingled with the creature's, leaving her with superhuman strength, acid blood, a sardonic new attitude and an unsettling bond with the aliens. The scientists need human hosts, so they've hired a band of scruffy space smugglers, including a gruff, wisecracking mercenary (Ron Perlman), to deliver kidnapped humans in deep sleep. Among the smugglers is Call (Winona Ryder), a young mechanic with a secret mission to destroy the cloned Ripley before the experiment goes any further, and a secret of her own. When the captive creatures cleverly escape, using their acid blood to break free, the ship's emergency system sets a course for Earth, and Ripley teams up with the surviving smugglers to stop it. Their desperate escape takes them through the ship's flooded galley in a breathtaking underwater chase, and Ripley comes face to face with a heartbreaking reminder of the cloning process. Meanwhile, the queen gives birth to a terrifying new hybrid creature that sees Ripley as its mother. Darius Khondji's moody, amber-tinged cinematography gives it a distinctive look, and Jeunet brings his quirky style to the familiar series.