movie review - Alien
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Calgary, 2002.05.20
This is the third time I've seen this one, and I've noticed something. As with The Fly, I can see this one every five years or so and not remember a damn thing about it. Which is good, because it's certainly worth seeing repeatedly.
The movie is about the crew of a small space vessel that's en route to the Solar system from deep space towing a large ore refinery. On the way, the ship intercepts a signal of unknown origin while the crew sleeps. The Company that owns everything redirects the ship to investigate, and the crew is woken to do the dirty work. And what dirty work it is, indeed.
Strongly recommended.