Give it a chance!

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 2003)

I say you all should give this underrated film a chance. The saga goes something like this. Alien started the surival/sci-fi/horror genre. It got the genre on its feet and helped kick-start cinema away from zombie-horrors and killer-horrors. It should not be classed as sci-fi alone. Aliens started the sci-fi action. Absolutely no trace of horror is present. It used more aliens and a much more aggressive attribute. Now, on to Alien 3. Alien 3 used CGI. It may not have looked very good, but this was 1992. It was obviously meant to conclude the trilogy in one big swoop.
It made this effect very well, but unfortunately was contradicted by Resurrection. For the sake of this review, please ignore resurrection completely! Alien 3 used a completely new style of presenting the Alien. And, although a few plot holes are pleasant, it was a feasible opening.
===Warning, Spoilers Ahead!==> An alien facehugger has stored itself on Ripley's ship. It wakes up, and causes technical difficulties on the ship, causing Ripley and friends to be ejected to destination unknown. Ripley finds herself here in a new surrounding. It is not immediately clear what is going to happen to her, until we learn more about where she is. Alien 3 studies more views of the Alien. Alien saw us watching a group of spacemen and a single bureaucratic company agent witnessing the horrors of the alien. Aliens saw the military witnessing, and taking actions against the alien. Alien 3 sees the reaction of civilians, or rather, prisoners. These prisoners have not seen much more than each other for a long time, and are doubtful of this interloper at first. Led by the strong 'Dillon', wonderfully played by Charles S. Dutton, they take on a fundamentalist religion. As the inmates are slowly killed off, they all become more doubtful of their religion and began to take more drastic measures to ensure their survival. This evolves into a wonderfully apocalyptic showdown between Ripley and the Alien, and, nearing the end we see a familiar shadow of government greed, adding another side to the film and it's implication.
It's not a bad film, but Alien: Resurrection is. Believe in this film, and forget about resurrection.
It'll make a lot more sense!