I liked the alien in the two previous movies more.

Rating: 7/10 (18 April 2005)

The third movie in the Alien series wasn't as disappointing as I imagined it would be. I had heard a lot of bad critics about it and I guess that's why I was 'surprised' after seeing it. I'm not saying it is a masterpiece, but it could have been a lot worse.
This time the movie starts with Ripley and what is left of her crew in "Aliens", trying to escape in a spaceship. But an embryonic alien has infiltrated the ship and when they crash on a desolated prison planet, peopled by a religious cult composed of former murderers and rapists, everything starts all over again. In the meanwhile, the alien has managed to grow into a new and deadly form and starts attacking the weaponless prisoners. But Ripley soon discovers that her battle with the Alien will be more personal that it has ever been before...
What I liked about this movie was that the acting was more than OK and that it has plenty of good action to offer. Especially at the end of the movie there isn't any lack of action. But there were also things that bothered me. One of those things is the story. The story on its own isn't very innovative. Of course there is a new environment in which it all happens, but in the end it still looked very much like the previous ones. My next point of criticism is the Alien. It wasn't the same as always anymore. This was the first digitally created monster in the series and I must say that I preferred the older ones. They just looked a lot more slimy and threatening than this one ever did.
Even though not everything convinced me, I must say that I still had a good time watching it. I give it a 7/10, perhaps a 7.5/10.