"This is a maximum security prison, and you have no weapons of any kind?"

Rating: 7/10 (5 April 2003)

ALIEN 3 is difficult to explain, but I feel I should put in a good word for it. Being a highly visual person, I tend to veer towards pretty movies, instead of movies with character depth. Some might see this as shallow, but it's just the way I am. Not to say I don't care for Ripley or Newt or Hicks - they are GREAT characters. I consider ALIENS to be perfectly done (10/10).
When I was young, I used to watch this movie all the time, and it was the first of the ALIEN series that I viewed. Since I've grown to undertand movies on a little bit of a deeper level now, it seems like ALIEN 3 still holds up.
I consider ALIEN 3 to have the COOLEST OPENING CREDITS OF ALL TIME. So stylistic, so gothic, so sad. But COOL. The rest of the movie is pretty intense and will have you seeing orange the entire last half. I really don't think David Fincher could have done any better with this storyline. ALIEN 3 reminds us that even the greatest triumphs (Newt's rescue and the destruction of the Queen) always turn into the endless sadness that the universe is basically made of. Plus, it really does bring closure to the story by Ripley making the ultimate sacrifice in order to save thousands.
7 / 10 for sure! A very decent effort.