What should have been the last Alien

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2000)

When I first saw Alien 3, I really did not like it at all. I saw it a few more times, and I found myself enjoying it. It does not have the suspense of Alien or the intensity of Aliens, but it had a new dramatic depth to Ripley's character. She had nothing left to lose and decided to go on a suicide run against the Alien. Charles S. Dutton was very good in it, as were a few other criminals. It was a little dark, but it beats Alien Resurrection and is, in my opinion, the third best of the series. It could have been a lot better.