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Alien Resurrection | 1997 | R | - 5.9.8

A new, improved, genetically cloned Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) fights the Beast once again.

SEX/NUDITY 5 - No sex, but there is the implication of a sexual encounter between human and alien. Brief female frontal nudity in a non-sexual manner (one woman in a scientific test tube; another lying on an autopsy table). Some brief sexual banter and innuendo. A man suggestively massages a woman. A man physically threatens a woman in a sexually aggressive manner.

VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - Two violent, bloody gunfights, and several frightening, extremely graphic alien vs. human showdowns with human blood and acidic alien blood splattered about. A woman is choked and shocked with a tazer, a woman is shot, a woman drowns and a woman is bashed in the face with a metal weight. Several men are shot and killed, with bloody bullet holes. A man is bitten through his chest and dies, and a man gets bitten in his head; as he dies, he pulls out a portion of his own brains and examines them. A man's head is bitten in two by an alien (with exposed brains and gore). A man is rapidly frozen and breaks apart. A man's face is severely burned from alien acid blood. Several men are shown with bloody, gaping chest wounds. A man is incinerated. Several men are slaughtered by an alien, with blood splattering and pieces of flesh strewn about. A man's head is squeezed open by an alien. A woman stabs herself in the hand with a dagger. A man convulses and coughs blood as an alien bursts through his chest. A human/alien clone is torn apart and sucked out into space, piece by piece, through an airhole.

LANGUAGE 8 - Over 20 F-words, several anatomical references and scatological references, a few mild obscenities. One profane hand gesture.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Genetics, cloning, terrorism, the Military, extraterrestrial life.

MESSAGE - It's not wise to fool with Mother Nature.

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