saw pacific rim last friday. wouldn't tell anyone to run off to the cinema for it but it's def worth a watch. drama was alright but a bit hollywood dumbed-down, especially when considering evangelion as an influence. action tho was really satisfying.
re:alien - watched all of them for the first time a few years ago. #1's basically a solid horror-movie, #2 an action spectacle and #3 some kinda freaky-thriller-thingy. they're all fine, but quality-wise i'd place them in release order. #4 i'd already seen and it's basically the worst movie ever conceived and pretty much killed both the franchise and the genre. max payne might be worse, but the damage done by alien 4 left a cgi-stain on the movie industry from 1998 and forward.