Better than expected

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2005)

After reading several reviews for this movie, I decided to wait for the DVD release. All of the reviews that I had read were universally savage. After viewing, I must say that I found it to be a lot better movie than I expected. I am not alone in this assessment. I have talked with at least six other viewers ranging in age from 22 to 57 and we are all in agreement that this film got a bad rap. No it is not Alien or Aliens but then they were fresh and new when they debuted.It is hard to successfully continue a series with the same character. But I feel that this movie is a welcome addition to the Alien franchise and hopefully will do well enough on home video to justify further Alien movies.