Severely underrated and a slap in the face to Fincher

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2009)

First off, the theatrical version was not the version Fincher intended to make in the first place. The studio basically kicked him in the head and told him he had A: killed off the strong characters the story needed and B: Didn't do what they told him to do. In my opinion this is the best film in the "Alien" franchise. Imagine for a second the balls it took to look at the success of "Aliens" and say, "Ok.. in the first 5 minutes we're going to kill everything the audience was expecting to see the next couple hours." Every thing in this film- from the script, the dark style, the prolonged losing battle, and the direction was FAR ahead of it's time. If the studio hadn't raped this film and violated Fincher as badly as it did, he would be a god-send to bring this franchise back to respectability. Take a look at what he's done... "Seven", "Fight Club", "The Game", "Panic Room" (another underrated film), "Benjamin Button"... He's golden. The studio tried to ruin "Alien 3" and despite their best efforts- I still loved it.