Synopsis: NASA detects an extinction level event-sized asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth and even if every single nuclear missile on the planet were to be simultaneously launched, it would have no effect.

Talk about the wrong stuff how hard is it to become an astronaut anyway? Nasa will hire anyone these days (Image credit: Touchstone Pictures) There are however, some nice set pieces and the production design is of the high standard we've come to expect from 'Alien' movies.įree with a STARZ trial on Prime Video 4. A great cast - including, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Michael Wincott, Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver - sadly can't stop this from also being the weakest entry into the anthology (we're not including the disappointing prequels in that assessment). The third act climax is pretty… out there. Why you should watch: This foray into the 'Alien' franchise is by far the weirdest.

Needless to say, the aliens get loose and the military ship begins its automated return back to Earth.

Since this grand experiment hasn't exactly been authorized, a band of smugglers provides the hapless crew of a hijacked commercial transport in stasis as fodder for the facehuggers. Synopsis: Two hundred years after the events of Alien 3 and Ripley's death, she is cloned onboard a military vessel, outside of any borders or jurisdiction, from blood samples taken from Fiorina 161, specifically to grow a Ripley that has the alien queen inside her. Despite going off the rails a bit at the end, this movie is worth watching once if you haven't already seen it (Image credit: 20th Century Fox)

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