I dunno, I kinda liked it

Rating: Null/10 (20 August 2001)

Let's agree to disagree. Most people disliked this movie. Does it mean "it sucks"? I think that the Aliens franchise built up expectations in a way that no movie could have satisfied, without breaking all precedents for excellent filmmaking and brilliant storytelling. This movie is trashy scifi. Take it as such, and it's fine.
If instead, you slather upon it all the breathless expectation of a hardcore Aliens-geek (if you know the name of the planet in Alien3, you qualify) then you will be disappointed in proportion to your fanaticism.
I think we all need to step back and consider that nothing short of cinematic masterpiece will satisfy die-hard fans at this point, which is the same curse that George Lucas labors under.
This is a passable, if dumb, "rainy sunday" scifi flick. It is not heresy.