Ripley Vs. Alien

Rating: 7/10 (19 September 2007)

This third installment in the series that has seen our heroine 'Ripley' pitted against the deadly 'Alien' was originally rumoured to be in the hands of Ridley Scott. Since then though it has passed through the hands of Renny Harlin and Vincent Ward, while David Fincher finally completed it.
His film is not unlike Scott's ("Alien"), as we find ourselves in very similar surrounds and confines, facing just one creature. Fincher wastes no time creating tension with the very clever beginning to the film, and the climax includes some well-shot chase sequences.
Sigourney Weaver is again very convincing in a movie that dispenses with suspense and fast becomes a 'Ripley vs. the Alien' feature. However Fincher never fails to show us the gruesome reality of the monster.
Much of the credit must go to the scripting here though, even if we have to allow for some minor plot inconsistencies. "Alien 3" is a more than satisfactory finale to 'Ripley's' confrontation with the 'Alien'.
Sunday, June 28, 1992 - Hoyts Forest Hill Chase