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After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
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brilliant actors, brilliant editing
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Let's begin by talking about the opening sequence. I don't like it. The cuts are so awkward that you have no idea what's going on. With the knowledge of what happened at the end of Aliens we find out what happened a few minutes later, but the opening title sequence is just awkward. The slow motion that we see a few minutes later serves absolutely no purpose to the story (this is not the only time there's unnecessary slow motion). The voice of the prison staff member who makes the announcements is annoying. Also, why is it a prison for people with YY chromosomes? No matter how much sci-fi you throw in to this movie, this is absolutely impossible. The biological mother of a human has two X chromosomes and the biological father has an X and a Y chromosome, so where does the second Y chromosome come from? The prisoners all look like men, so why call it a YY correctional facility? And why do the jailers have the logo of Weyland-Yutani on their clothes? If you look closely you will see that the Weyland-Yutani symbol is all over the prison. Why do Weyland-Yutani have the authority to arrest criminals?As Ripley asks the exact same question I'm pretty sure the writers were aware of this, why doesn't this maximum security prison have any weapons? The movie itself acknowledges this problem, I have no idea what the writers were thinking.Something I won't blame this movie for is that Newt doesn't appear in it. For those who don't know, that's because Carrie Henn chose not to be in anymore movies. On the other hand, she's really lucky not to be in this movie because it's really really bad. And I'm really glad I didn't have to see how a child would've been treated in an environment like that.After Ripley wakes up we get a really good emotional scene. Unfortunately, we go back to the religious aspect of the prison very quickly, which really doesn't fit into the movie and slows it down. This happens so many times.I didn't care about the problems the prisoners have with each other at all. Neither did I care about any of the problems the staff members had with each other. One of the main problems with this movie is that we WANT the prisoners to die, we WANT the xenomorphs to eat them. They're rapists, murderers and child molesters, that's why we hate them and they don't deserve saving. The dialog in this movie is really really bad. There's so many lines that sound like the writers came up with them while being drunk in a bar and listened to what the other drunk people were saying. And why would Ripley want to live amongst the prisoners for a week? Why not be protected by the doctor for a week?I didn't even get to the jumpscares yet. There's so many movies the music gets louder and dramatic to tell us something scary is about to happen and then it's just a person showing up. Alien and Aliens perfectly understood not to do that.And what's with the score in this movie? It's really loud and over the top and in two scenes it's just really annoying rock music...The scene where we get our first look at the xenomorph is really bad, too. There's blood everywhere and that's it. Nothing builds up to this moment, there's no suspense, it's a scene that's supposed to be scary but it's really not. The other xenomorph attack scenes are exactly the same. It's nothing but blood. The idea that the xenomorph doesn't kill Ripley when it first has the opportunity is ridiculous and the explanation is absolutely nonsensical. She's carrying a xenomorph queen inside of her and she says that the xenomorph that's running around is not going to kill her because it won't kill any of its kind. The xenomorph running around doesn't know there's another one inside of Ripley, it can't see inside of her and none of the previous films indicate that they have some sort of x-ray vision. In fact, there's ONE shot in Alien or Aliens (I don't remember which movie, but I'd rather say Alien) where the camera shows what the xenomorph sees and its vision is just like a human's vision, just a little worse. We also get several shots from the perspective of the xenomorph in this movie and nothing indicates that they have an x-ray vision.I should also mention that the way the leader of the rescue team is dressed looks ludicrous. He wears some white plastic onesie with ridiculous glasses, he looks like he belongs in some tasteless 80s music video. Just some moments after we see him for the first time two prisoners run into each other, which is probably the most ludicrous moment in the entire movie. No, just wait a few more minutes because the xenomorph literally... blows up!? *What a great idea* What exactly did they pour on it to make it *cough cough*... explode? I guess the answer that makes the most ""sense"" is acid because we see cracks in the xenomorph's head right before it... explodes, but that doesn't make any sense either because xenomorphs have acid blood themselves and can therefore resist acid perfectly. And of course, Ripley has to die in the most clichéd way possible. And her death scene looks like utter garbage because of terrible terrible CGI. Her sacrifice was supposed to be the big moment of the movie, but it just comes off as stupid.I'm currently watching all of the Alien movies. I've seen Prometheus once and I've seen Alien: Covenant, Alien and Aliens multiple times. I own these four movies on Blu-ray. Alien and Aliens, Aliens in particular is the absolute best cinema has to offer. This movie however tries so hard to be Alien with ONE xenomorph taking out all people in a place one by one with the action of Aliens, but it fails on so many different levels. The only redeeming qualities are some good performances and I guess the xenomorphs. I rated this movie a 2/10. This is by far the worst Alien movie that I've seen so far. I haven't seen Alien: Resurrection and the Alien vs. Predator movies yet, the latter ones aren't canon.
'Alien' is simply the best horror sci-fi of all time. 'Aliens' is one of the best sequels ever. Poor old Alien 3 had some hard luck, especially when your predecessors are that amazing. Essentially, this is a boring mess that tried too hard to be "out there". Y'know, so bold in certain plot twists that it wanted people to talk about it forever. Oh we talk about it all right...! Ripley crash lands on a maximum security prison filled with predominately white British men who are murderers, rapists and child molesters (hang on...we aren't all that bad!). A face hugger was on board, it implants an embryo and the whole thing starts again. Replicating the same narrative as 'Alien' but removing every horror aspect and injecting plenty of weird twists that just aren't executed correctly. Thinly written script, boring characters, no substance, blah blah blah. The dialogue just exists because it had to. It never progressed the story in an interesting way, in fact it was highly forgettable. Brave decisions were embedded into the narrative that seemed...out of character? I'm not too bothered by the ending, underwhelming sure, but the really annoying choice was for Ripley to fraternise with a prisoner. You've now just turned the most badass female heroine in cinema history into a tool. Me no likely! The effects are severely dated, especially when the Xenomorph is on screen. The editing on the theatrical cut was horrendously abysmal. I just felt nothing for this. Every director is allowed one poor film, this is Fincher's. I could see him trying, particularly during the final act where they trap the Xenomorph. The POV style and frantic action was effective, I was immersed. He utilised many inventive shots which makes me believe this isn't his fault. I still love the man. The acting was also fine, everyone perfectly did a good job especially Charles Dance. But Alien 3 just couldn't pull of the same success as the previous instalments, and for that it leaves a bitter aftertaste.
Available on Blu-ray Disc (Region B)USA 1992 English (Colour); Science Fiction/Horror/Thriller (Twentieth Century Fox/Brandywine); 145 minutes (18 certificate)Crew includes: David Fincher (Director); David Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson (Screenwriters, from Characters created by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett); Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill (Producers); Ezra Swerdlow (Executive Producer); Alex Thomson (Cinematographer); Norman Reynolds (Production Designer); Terry Rawlings (Editor); Elliot Goldenthal (Composer)Cast includes: Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley), Charles S. Dutton (Dillon), Charles Dance (Clemens), Paul McGann (Golic), Brian Glover (Andrews), Ralph Brown (Aaron), Danny Webb (Morse), Christopher John Fields (Rains), Holt McCallany (Junior), Lance Henriksen (Bishop II)Academy Award nomination: Visual Effects; BAFTA nomination: Visual EffectsThe woman who overcame horrific events in ALIEN and ALIENS (Weaver) crash-lands on an inhospitable planet that serves as a maximum security prison, where she must rely on her killer instincts and leadership qualities to work with an all-male community of hardened criminals, and defeat the rogue alien that surreptitiously hitched a lift in her emergency escape vehicle.Unsurprisingly considered disappointing on its release, following two gems (wasn't the rollercoaster ride of ALIENS, populated with self-confessed scum, with nobody to root for).Its reputation has nevertheless grown since, not least for being Fincher's début feature, where, despite unwelcome producer interference, his signature grim and moody style was already in evidence.Blu-ray Extras: Original Version (115 minutes), Commentary, Documentaries, Featurettes, Deleted/Extended Scenes, Interviews, Music-only Track, Storyboards, Stills Galleries, Outtakes, Behind-the-Scenes Footage, Multi-Angle Sequence, Time-Lapse Sequence, Production Notes, Trailers, TV Spots. ****½ (9/10)
Following the events of Aliens, Ripley crash-lands on a prison planet, Fiorina 161. The other passengers die and, more tellingly, Ripley discovers that she has transferred on of the aliens onto the planet via her ship.The original Alien was excellent. The sequel Aliens was good. It is inevitable that making a 2nd sequel that the originality will suffer, and Alien 3 is no exception. Still entertaining, but carried by the presence of Signourney Weaver. The plot is fairly predictable though - all that has changed is the setting.Not as good as the first two, and certainly not in the same league as the original.