What's wrong with it?

Rating: 7/10 (6 September 2001)

***Warning: bit of spoiler, for 'Aliens' too***
I think this movie is severely underrated, probably due to the delusion of some guys which expected a sequel for Aliens, with lotsa action and Michael Bienh in the part of the hero. First of all let me say the presence of an egg in the Sulaco was not so inexplicable, in Aliens Ripley bothered the Queen while she was spawning, don't you remember the forcible snatch of the tube when she started following Newt and Ripley? She could have left an egg in the ship before coming out and engaging Ripley. Now our fearless and cute Lieutenant is the only survivor, once again, that's a kind of malediction but not so unbelievable, her death is after all a matter of hours. Besides, I liked it cause it has something different with the first two, a new kind of suspense and interesting characters, an use of dull colors and cold lights (but only in the beginning) that is not so bad as someone says, and a more human and vulnerable Ripley that makes love and could be eliminated by the alien at their first meeting, when in the infirmary she's put on the corner but not killed cause of the queen she's carrying in her chest. Above all, i appreciated the bad end as symbolizing an over-tired Ripley giving up in front of her 2 worst nightmares: the aliens and the Company; i know it's just a personal point of view but i love tragic ends and this movie gives me the impression of being an "end" in its entireness, the bitter end of the saga, told in a suitable way; you can dislike it but you can't say it doesn't fit with the first two. In my opinion it deserves a 7,5, that's not available, so i gave it 8, to compensate the current low average rating.