Whether this is the first time you have seen Alien, or the third or fourth... The tension never abates – the film never lets you off the hook.
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11/06/03
Alien: The Director's Cut (2003)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:46
Rotten:3
Average Rating:8.1/10
Consensus: Director Ridley Scott re-edits his 1979 sci-fi classic to produce an elegantly re-mastered film that is as terrifying and effective as ever.
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $1,954,649
Synopsis: For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, movie audiences will be able to experience Alien on the big screen, as Twentieth Century Fox releases Alien The Director's Cut, a special edition of... [More]
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton
Director: Ridley Scott
Reviews for Alien: The Director's Cut
Top CriticAlien is a triumph of style over substance, of lean over fat.
11/07/06
Going back to the beginning and seeing where it all began, this film had a lot to live up to in my eyes. In the end, I was just left wondering what all the fuss was about.
11/25/03
... one of the few films that can be predicted perfectly, but it?s so well crafted?and so damn exciting?that we just don?t care.
11/23/03
Nearly a quarter of a century down the line, a great film has been made greater.
11/14/03
It remains one of the best examples of sustained tension.
11/06/03
When Scott was finished, he thought it was too long and that the added material threw the pacing off. Therefore, he cut his own Director's Cut. (Alien Quadrilogy)
11/06/03
'A chance to see Ridley Scott's ruthlessly efficient shocker back where it belongs, on the big screen.'
11/05/03
For reviewer Todd Gilchrist, puberty began in earnest when he witnessed Sigourney Weaver getting physical aboard a doomed spaceship.
11/04/03
Still one scary mother.
11/04/03
fuller and scarier
11/02/03
Thrill again to how thoroughly conceived the whole thing is, how impeccably acted and genuine in its suspense.
10/31/03
Turns out not to be one of those movies that improves in the memory, but actually is better than you remember, mostly because it puts its multitude of imitators to shame.
10/31/03
Scott knew how to create tension, and the movie still has plenty of white-knuckle impact, although it's a little tamer than I remembered.
10/31/03
What you will find is that the old mayhem is still masterful and that there is nothing like the big screen for this type of mortally wounded space exploration.
10/31/03
Watching it again reminded me how remarkably the sound engineers did their jobs.
10/31/03
Alien still thrills because of Scott's relentless focus on terror.
10/31/03
It's scary, smart, well-acted and just as effective now as it was in 1979. Go see it.
10/31/03
Whether altered for the sake of incorporating superfluous extra material (cat fight!) or for reasons even less compelling, the editing rhythms here are way off.
10/30/03
The movie inspired three sequels and remains undeniably frightening. It also marks a significant step in the evolution of modern science-fiction films.
10/30/03
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