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Alien 3 (1992), Director: David Fincher,
rated R for sci-fi gore, violence, language
This
time it's hiding in the most terrifying place of all.
  Starring:
Sigourney
Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown,
Paul McGann, Danny Webb, Lance Henriksen, Pete Postlethwaite
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"What makes you think
they're gonna care about a bunch of lifers who found God at the
ass-end of space?"
- Ripley
Why watch this?
Ripley's ship lands on an all-male penal colony, and it brought
along an unwanted guest.
Plot Summary:
The lone survivor, Ellen Ripley, crash-lands on a desolate
prison planet inhabited by male inmates. They soon discover that
an unwelcome Alien creature arrived aboard Ripley's ship, and
its hunting, and infecting, the prison's inhabitants. Without
modern weapons, Ripley must find a way for herself and the
prisoners to stop the terrifying threat.
Dad's Preview:
The third Alien installment begins by wiping the slate
clean. The only survivor from
Aliens (1986) was Ellen Ripley, so any story arcs linked
to Newt, Bishop or Hicks are absent. This dark film is beyond gritty, and genuinely scary. I
did like the "space-prison"
setting, but did not favor the bleak, fatalistic tone. That
said, it was an
opportunity to do something new in the franchise, and director Fincher
accomplished that feat.
Brandywine
Productions; 20th Century Fox |
