Stronger characters than some of its predecessors

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2013)

I thought that this movie answered a lot of the questions posed by Alien 3. It also has one of the nicest sequel setups I've ever seen. There are a few unexplainable scenes such as why the giant is being attacked at the escape pod at the end of the movie by the octopus-like creature (Why not have him attacked on his own ship?) The main theme, how the creatures that made us were destroyed by their own biological weapons of mass destruction is very clever, and puts a nice period on the Alien series. It was a nice touch having the main character motivated by her, "legacy", Christian religion to finally find out why our creators wanted to destroy us. I can only imagine that the, "dirty little secret", is that the universe is really only large enough for one species of infinite potential. I'll pay to see the sequel though, so I can know for sure.