Alien Resurrection vs Resident Evil

Resident Evil has the higher audience score (6.7/10 against 6.2/10 for Alien Resurrection). Resident Evil is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 49m. Alien Resurrection is the older of the two (1997 against 2002). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Alien Resurrection posterAlien Resurrection1997 VS Resident Evil posterResident Evil2002
Alien ResurrectionResident Evil
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 6.7/10
Year19972002
Length1h 49m1h 40m
GenresAction, Horror, Science FictionAction, Horror, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetPaul W. S. Anderson
Main castBrad Dourif, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Leland Orser, Dan HedayaJames Purefoy, Colin Salmon, Eric Mabius, Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez

Synopsis

Alien Resurrection

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

Resident Evil

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

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