It's Too Bloody Dark!!!

Rating: 3/10 (18 December 2013)

The first two ALIEN movies struck gold, so it was inevitable that a third movie would be made. Unfortunately, in this case, third time is NOT a charm. Now rumor has it that ALIEN 3 went through a long and horrible process called "Production Hell." In Production Hell, studios try to get a movie made, but they keep running into problems. ALIEN 3 was originally supposed to be made by another director. But somewhere along the way, the director and writers had a falling out, and left the project. I don't how many directors the film went through, but it eventually was given to David Fincher (director of THE GAME, SEVEN, and the Netflix series HOUSE OF CARDS.) And what you see on screen (if you dare to watch the monstrosity) is simply awful. Ripley has crash-landed on a prison planet, the lone survivor yet again. However, an alien has also followed her... Do I REALLY need to tell you what happens next?! The main problem with the film is that none of the characters (apart from Ripley) are interesting at all. You'd think that with a cast of prisoners turned monks, they'd have at least a few, but no. And why oh why did they have Ripley shave off her hair and adopt a Susan Powter look? Also, most of the film is too bloody dark! Considering they're in a prison, you'd think there'd be more lighting. I know, I know, it makes everything appear scary. However, even the scares are lackluster. Halfway into the movie, I don't think the film had a script at all, because every actor just runs around in the dark, screaming at the top of his (or her) lungs. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the ending is blatantly ripped off from TERMINATOR 2. Sheesh, skip this fiasco and move directly onto ALIEN RESURRECTION.