A very realistic portray of what may be out there....

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 1999)

First, I've got to say that this movie deserves more credit than it received. David Fincher did a great job of directing. The cast was superb as well...the well-known Sigourney Weaver of course, Charles Dance, Charles Dutton, and Danny Webb. Weaver came back as the intrepid Ripley and did a spectacular of of it too. Charles Dance came in as the lonely medic on the far-flung prison colony, Charles Dutton portrayed the role of the courageous and leader prisoner Dillon, while Danny Webb backed up the cast the only survivor of the ordeal playing the role of prisoner Morse. The main thing that got me about this movie was the frighteningly realistic storyline. It all makes perfect sense. In the first two Alien movies, the humans had a means of defense. In "Alien", the characters had flame-throwers for their weapons. In "Aliens", all and I mean ALL of the characters had a weapons: there was the M41-A Pulse Rifle, the M56 Smart Gun, the M240 Flame-thrower, H&K VP70 9mm sidearm, and the infamous M40 Grenades for the Pulse Rifle. But in "Alien 3", there is no weapons...therefore the story is more suspenseful. Ripley awakens after having her cryo-tube and her fellow other survivors blasted out of the U.S.S. Sulaco ship from part 2 on this prison planet called "Fiorina 161" out at the ass-end of space. Dead prisoners begin to mount up and she finds out that a new form of alien has gotten loose on the planet. But this time, there is no fancy sophisticated weaponry to fight back with!
Lt. Ellen Ripley: 1st Class/#36706, must lead the last remaining prisoners into battle with no weapons or modern technology of any kind. In the process, Ripley discovers something about herself that she cannot stop: the Queen alien inside of her. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation (the "Company"), want to have Ripley quarantined until their arrival. They just want the alien for their bio-weapons division. But Ripley knows that if it gets off the planet: it will kill everything. In the end there is a final showdown between her and the alien and Ripley must destroy herself in order to save so many others.
But if you know the "Alien" storyline like I do: then you'll know that Ripley's death didn't thwart anything back on Earth......