A Fall From Grace That Should End Here...

Rating: 5/10 (28 June 2014)

I can just about get away with this movie. "Alien3", is sadly the result of a lot of production problems on set. It is the first time feature movie for David Fincher, who pretty much had to work with a movie already half complete and pretty much had no final say in any aspect of production. I do request you look into this online, as it is pretty fascinating to see how far problems went to reach a result such as this.
However, I really do enjoy the new "Dog" Alien design. I especially liked that they went back to the formula of the first movie, with even less ways of defending themselves from such a threat and on a prison planet no less. After the intense finale of "Aliens" (1986), Ripley is again thrusted into a world of monsters and further emotional turmoil (survivors guilt perhaps?). Stuck on a prison planet full of men and unfortunately the monsters have also followed her here, can she pull a hat trick?
A lot of the inmates can be interesting characters, but most of them are without a doubt dull. I didn't care for them like I did the marines of "Aliens", and it all feels like a stupid joke compared to how great the first two movies managed to do well with even less. Surprisingly what I do like in this film is how run down everything looks, the prison has aged and been left to rot with the trash inhabiting it. All of this makes for some surprisingly good POV shots from the Alien and when implemented for the first time, it's very effective.
Final Verdict: Funny enough, it's not skimpy women running from a killer and I apologise for keep referring to the previous movies. But this clearly should have been the last in the series, given the problems behind it. 5/10. Even scoring it now, I'm torn about how many times I could re-watch this before ultimately switching off.