Isolated and original but not bad at all

Rating: 7/10 (18 August 2004)

This movie just never felt right. It had 2 great movies to build on and the biggest blemish for me is that it got started on the wrong foot. And to just wipe out the heroics of Ripley and make everything meaningless, what happened on lv46 is a downer. I truly think there could have been a way to save Newt. As a movie it has still grown on me and it is still a worthy sequel to the alien movies, but not more. I just think the story is too dark and somehow isolated. At least no one survived only to be killed in an eventual sequel... But the ending put forth a much more challenging task for creators of a 4th installment, whereas the the 2 1st movies almost encouraged a sequel this one surely don't. The acting is still on a high level and the story, though dark, pretty good on its own merits. I still would have liked a few more aliens but it was not a necessity. I'll give a weak 7 but it could have been higher if not for the out of place start to me anyways.