'A chance to see Ridley Scott's ruthlessly efficient shocker back where it belongs, on the big screen.'
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11/05/03
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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
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
Alien is a triumph of style over substance, of lean over fat.
11/07/06
An authentically scary movie.
10/29/03
It's scary, smart, well-acted and just as effective now as it was in 1979. Go see it.
10/31/03
(The director's cut) doesn't hold up as well as I'd anticipated, (but) the chest-bursting scene is still a seat-gripper.
10/30/03
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
Looks more like a classic than ever.
10/29/03
Even 25 years later Alien still can make us jump.
10/30/03
Alien is still a classic well worth a trip to the theater.
10/29/03
fuller and scarier
11/02/03
Twenty-four years later -- digitally spruced up, with some scenes shaved and others padded with previously cut material -- Scott's film still shreds nerves.
10/29/03
Top CriticScott 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
... 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
For reviewer Todd Gilchrist, puberty began in earnest when he witnessed Sigourney Weaver getting physical aboard a doomed spaceship.
11/04/03
Nearly a quarter of a century down the line, a great film has been made greater.
11/14/03
A streamlined improvement on the original.
10/29/03
One of the few times a director's cut has actually improved on the original work, and should be become celebrated by even the most demanding fans
10/22/03
You know how sometimes you revisit a movie you loved and realize it wasn't as good as you remember? This isn't one of those times.
10/29/03
It's still an enjoyable experience revisiting the Nostromo and getting reacquainted with its seven crew members.
10/29/03
[A] chillingly quiet masterpiece of understatement and suggestion...
10/29/03
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