Very very underrated .....

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2017)

I would give this film a (10/10) for setting and characterization. Man, this film had the darkest setting and characters for a $50 million film. Ripley crash lands into a woman-less prison colony filled with rapists and hardened criminals. A Christian fundamentalist preacher keeps things in line at the prison colony by using religion to keep the crazy men away from their base instincts. But after Ripley's arrival, prisoners start dying and everyone covets Ripley, she nearly gets raped, but also finds love for a brief period.
Charles Dance is fantastic as the once morphine addicted doctor. What a great actor this man is. His character's back story was very touching. Charles.S.Dutton is also cool as the preacher. He mouths lines like "I am a rapist and murderer of women".
The film ought to have been directed by Rob Zombie who would have provided back stories to many of the colorful characters in the prison. It deserved a "The Devil's Rejects" treatment. But unfortunately, there isn't much character development. And the actions scenes when the aliens begin to attack are boring. The film is also very long at almost 144 minutes. The special effects were also quite tacky. It has a different look compared to the last two films. An orangish hue is used instead of the dark greenish or white colors of the previous films. Sigourney Weaver looked gorgeous.