A breath of fresh air

Rating: 8/10 (29 February 2008)

After James Cameron's overblown, overlong, Aliens, complete with incompetent marines, cutesy kid and dreadful dialogue, Alien3 is like a breath of fresh air.
Despite Fox's butchering of Fincher's original vision, the assembly cut, although not perfect, repairs the damage done by the theatrical release and a lot more besides.
The Golic sub plot has been replaced and there many extended scenes, many of which are a vast improvement on their shortened versions and in a film from the Alien series there are unexpected tender moments highlighted by Goldenthal's magical score.
Highly recommended.