a step in the wrong direction for the series

Rating: Null/10 (30 September 1998)

What got me excited about this one in the series is that it (like Aliens) had more than one alien running around. And in a few scenes they were a lot of fun to watch, especially the one underwater even though I have no idea how they were suppose to stay under that long. It totally ruined itself at the end with an alien that couldn't look any dumber. I left the theaters thinking it was so so and had some good scenes and was a little bit better than the third. But a week or so later I popped the second one in my VCR again since it was my favorite in the series and released how much better it is than this one. You may be amazed by the computer generated effects in the new one but if you look back at the second one you REALLY will think the special effects look better and are more appealing. If they make another one, which if they do they better get it right this time, give us the feel, the action, and the suspense the first 2 gave us and make us really enjoy it. I think putting James Cameron or Ripley Scott back in the directors chair would easily be enough to make another one that we will look back on as being one of the best in the series, from a series that is one of the best sci-fi series of all time.