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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.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Oct 29, 2003 Wide
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
It's a most satisfying return to one of the few sci-fi films that deserves to be called a masterpiece.
10/30/03
Top Critic(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
[A] chillingly quiet masterpiece of understatement and suggestion...
10/29/03
A rare and welcome work of genius.
10/29/03
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
The first is still the best.
10/29/03
An authentically scary movie.
10/29/03
A streamlined improvement on the original.
10/29/03
This edition -- clean and tight as Scott would have it -- presents a strong case for Alien as both the greatest horror film and the greatest science-fiction film ever made.
10/29/03
It's worth seeing Alien, which established Scott as an A-list director, in a theater because his brilliant and often expansive visuals have always worked better on a big screen than on video.
10/29/03
Top CriticAlien is still a classic well worth a trip to the theater.
10/29/03
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
This 1979 horror-sci-fi masterpiece still holds up remarkably well on the big screen, a testament to the skill of director Ridley Scott, who was then working on his first film, and the acting by the talented ensemble cast.
10/29/03
It's still an enjoyable experience revisiting the Nostromo and getting reacquainted with its seven crew members.
10/29/03
A monster movie with class.
10/29/03
Top CriticIn space, the famous tagline went, no one can hear you scream. In Alien, you can hear lessons for the sci-fi future in a great milestone from the recent past.
10/29/03
Top CriticJust getting to see this freakin' frightening and visually stimulating flick on a big screen makes this well worth a trip to your homeworld multiplex.
10/29/03
Though some of Scott's editing decisions in this new version are questionable -- one even violates continuity -- he has left the film's most suspenseful and chilling moments intact.
10/29/03
The Alien director's cut should work well for longtime fans and first-time viewers alike.
10/29/03
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