I wouldn't call it bad. More like pointless.

Rating: 4/10 (27 July 2008)

After watching this next installment of the Alien series, I couldn't stop asking "why?" Why kill Newt, Hicks and Bishop? Why a prison planet with an all-male cast? Why such a bleak, urine-color lighting? Why making the inmates part of a strange cult? I can see why David Fincher wanted to be the least associated with this movie. It's not very good to add to your resumé.
The reason I saw this movie was because I felt obligated as a film buff and Alien fan to be.
Now, the movie isn't exactly bad. The suspense and action sequences were OK, such as the Alien POV chases. Still, it shouldn't have nothing to do with the franchise. It could have worked as a single horror movie, with a lot more development from the male characters and a different monster.
If you loved the first two Alien movies, I wouldn't recommend you to watch this or any subsequent Alien title. Alien 3 has started the age where the producers went above the screenwriter's or director's creativeness, and set their foot down on whatever they think is more marketable for the Alien series.
It's miles better than Resurrection, but it doesn't really redeem itself. Let's just pretend it was never made, and the franchise ended with James Cameron's "Aliens".