Fitting End to the "trillogy"

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2006)

If you have never seen this film don't watch the theatrical release. Instead watch the 3 hour special edition assembly of the movie. It is far superior in terms of flow, continuity and characterisation. The darkest and my favourite of all the movies Alien 3 is a gritty, dark and very often unsettling movie. It takes everything you've come to expect from the previous two outings and throws it right back in your face. One of the most convincingly malevolent sci-fi movies ever made. Continually emulated(David Twohys-Pitch Black/ Chronicals of Riddick) but never surpassed Fincher, despite his hatred and frustration with the project has created not only a visually stunning movie but an impossibly high standard. One that quite frankly given film studios current disdain of "R" rated movies and dark subject matter will never be surpassed.