dark, gritty and artistic

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 2005)

The third time isn't the charm for either Ripley, Newt, or Hicks. Their ship crash lands on Fury 161, a maximum security prison located at the end of space. Newt and Hicks are killed off quickly at the start of the movie, However Alien3 is still entertaining and refreshing. Its dark and artistic with one of the best musical score ever for a sci-fi film.
Again Secourney Weaver is the main character, a magnificent performance by her, Charles Dance, and Charles S. Dutton, top notch acting no complaints here. But the real star here is the atmosphere created by the director David Fincher, absolutely brilliant moods sets, Alien3 production design is the best of all four movies, Aliens is still a better film, how ever alien3 stand up to the test of time. Alien3 improves on each new viewing, it has aged well compared to the other four films.
Alien3 is not without faults, lame CGI alien graphics, a bit slow at times, weak sub characters as in the prisoners and a intro that raised too many questions. Recommended viewing for Weaver's performance and excellent cinematography and a very under rated musical score.
If there was an award for title screen/intro this movie would be the the one that all should be compared to, great looking intro.
Overall , not as good as aliens or alien but alien3 holds it own, should be seen by any true sci-fi fan...8/10