Decent third entry

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2003)

ALIEN 3 is definitely not as good as ALIEN or ALIENS, but it is not a bad film. I liked the whole idea of it being set on a prison and it worked well in the film. David Fincher does a good job directing this one, and there is plenty of good camera work throughout the whole movie, especially during the action sequences. The film does have a few flaws. I did'nt like the how they used a computer generated Alien rather than the puppets. ***POSSIBLE SPOILERS*** I did'nt like how they killed off Hicks at the beginning since you are happy at the end of ALIENS that he survived and then he just died at the beginning of this one. Also, they kill off Charles Dance's character, the doctor, very quickly, even though it appears that he is becoming a central character. ***END OF SPOILERS***. Despite these few flaws, ALIEN 3 is a good entry in to the series and is a lot better than ALIEN RESURRECTION. 3.5/5