Extended Workprint DVD Edition - Definite improvement...!

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 2003)

Plot Spoilers Ahoy!!
I've just watched the workprint edition of Alien 3 on the Alien Quadrilogy - and I'd have to say that it makes it a much better film than the original release. It expands on things which were not crystal clear as in the original version including Ripley's affair with Clemens and Gollic's obsession with the "dragon". Also - I much prefer this ending rather than the original ending - in the original - the alien bursts out of Ripley's stomach - giving a sense that the alien had finally beat Ripley. Whereas in the new version - Ripley just jumps into the molten lead - beating both the alien and the company/Bishop. A LOT more satisfying than the original movie - and it doesn't leave you disappointed. Another aspect which the extended version is far superior is that it gives you more empathy for all of the prisoners by providing more of an insight into them - which gives much more impact to their downfall than the original.
This movie isn't up to the extremely high standard of the first two films - but definitely - it is worth checking out the new DVD version of it.