The new face of horror

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2001)

What an excellent movie! David Fincher brings us undoubtedly the darkest of the alien installments. The plot is simple, but not too simple. The direction is extremely solid as are the performances by all actors including supporting ones. In my opinion, this film brought a new hope to horror films, as it brings much needed emotion deepness combined with a great suspense factor. The new alien design deviates slightly from the previous ones but turns out to be excellent on the main action scene, even if hampered a bit by primitive CG graphics. The work by amalgamated dynamics on the special effects however is brilliant showing us the most realistic live action alien yet. The score composed by Elliot Goldenthal is brilliant, quite similar to his work in "Interview with the vampire". See this movie, you wont regret it.