Alien 3 (DVD) Reviews

At the time of its release (1992) this film got a bad rap. The director, David Fincher (who went on to make the excellent SEVEN) was following the work of two standout directors, Ridley Scott and James Cameron. He also had to go against the numerous aliens which had appeared in the second sequel and instead revert to the single monster in the same ...  Read the complete review

After the suspense/horror of the first movie, the action of the second, there needed to be something different for this movie to work, and in my opinion, it did. Riply and co crash land on a prison planet, which has no guns, no nothing, offensive weapons are a big no no. Quickly recovered from the crash site, we find that a number of the crew ...  Read the complete review

First of all I would like to say that I am a huge fan of this series but I have to say that this film is a huge let down. After the deserved success of Aliens you would have thought that the third film in the series would carry on using the successful formula of the second film. How wrong could you be? Alien 3 is completely different. The worst ...  Read the complete review

Often hailed as the worst of the sequels, Alien 3 is actually the best concept on paper (Alien running amok on a penal colony) and director Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en) brings the atmosphere and suspense back to the original’s roots, and delivers some fine entertainment, if you can get past some bad acting. People really thought that this ...  Read the complete review

Okay, I'll say this first - Alien 3 is much better than the critics claim. The first two films were so spectacular. I guess that's the problem - how do you follow the first two? The film follows Ripley on a prison planet and, of course, an alien escapes. They have no weapons, no hair, and no chance! When I saw this in the cinema, I was ...  Read the complete review

Sigourney Weaver plays the part of Ellen Ripley extrememly well, she has made the alien films her own, and her acting indeed has increased since she first popped up in the first movie. Alien 3 is not my personal best, I am a really big fan of the alien films but thought this one was missing something. The story opens with ripleys ...  Read the complete review

After the success of the previous two films, it was always expected that the end of the trilogy would be equally well-executed. Unfortunately however, Alien 3 does not match up to it's prequels by a long shot - a very long shot. After the marines were wasted on LV426, Ripley, Hicks and Newt were waylaid on their way home in ...  Read the complete review

Perhaps, like many movie buffs and sci-fi fans, I consider Alien to be not only one of the all time great sci-fi movies, but one of the all time great movies, full stop. Again, I suspect that I am not alone in rating Aliens as one of the best sequels ever made. But what of Alien3? At first viewing, I have to admit that I was ...  Read the complete review

Beverley Hills Cop 3 is a fine example of one film too many, and too a certain extent so was this one. Sure, it seemed to have ended the alien threat for good at the time, and was certainly a good film, but having to re shoot the ending to satisfy the audience was perhaps regrettable. The direction was good, but the plot was perhaps ...  Read the complete review

At first glance, this film has everything against it: the third film in any franchise can appear to be a tired re-hash of the old plot elements, a best-of compilation which adds nothing new to the melting-pot in itself. And since the first two films in this franchise were of the calibre of Alien and Aliens, the likelihood was that this film would ...  Read the complete review

Ok, so "Alien 3" was not as classic as "Alien" or as fun as "Aliens", but it was not as horrible as many people have claimed. It was a terrific conclusion to the Alien series. (I don't include Alien: Resurection to be part of the series because it was so pointless and stupid.) The plot moved along smoothy and the ...  Read the complete review

At the end of Aliens, Ripley and co leave the planet safe and sound, however all is not well as Alien 3 is made, which sees Ripley and co being ejected in a life pod down to a penal colony. Here Ripley's companions die in the crash and she is right back to square one, oh and did I mention that an Alien came along with her. The third ...  Read the complete review

in my opinion alien 3 is severely underrated. yes you can say it is not up to the standard of alien or aliens, but when you consider the production problems they had then i think they made a pretty good job of the film. the film begins with ripley crashing onto fury 161. The escape pod has a fire on it and ejects the pod onto the foreboding ...  Read the complete review

While Alien3 is definitely the worst in the trilogy, its about on par with Ressurrection. This film was the first in the series to bring in all the CGI, and it had a lot of potential -- but it just didn't work.The biggest mistake in this movie was that it just destroyed the setup it had. Hicks and Newt are killed within the first five seconds, ...  Read the complete review

All i can say about this film is 'wow'..... I'm not a keen lover of the horror movie, but when it is portrayed in this kind of 'this is NEVER going to happen' way, i can watch them without getting too scared. When i first heard they were bring out the 3rd film for Alien, i thought 'how are they going to do ...  Read the complete review

Given that his most recent film is a masterpiece (Fight Club), and the film he made immediately after 'Alien 3' was 'Seven', the most impressive crime thriller for years, it's hard to believe that David Fincher's 'Alien 3' was so absolutely hopeless. The story, with Sigourney Weaver returning as Ripley, marooned on ...  Read the complete review

The first two alien films were absolutely superb, and are two of my favourite films. This third one is less good. It stars Sigourney Weaver again, this time battling an alien on a prison planet when her ship crashes there. The other surviving characters from the second film die in the first scene which is annoying as they were strong characters. ...  Read the complete review

Well, here we are again. Ripley, sole survivor again. Her insurance company must be very happy with her. Anyway, this time, on the way back from the last slaughter, her escape pod crashes down onto a prison planet. Basically, this is one horrible place with a prison filled with the worst criminals in society. Everyone else on the ship is ...  Read the complete review

After the first two epic films of the series, was Alien 3 the sequel to let them down? Quite possibly, yes. Alien 3 continues on the story of the first two, telling of how Ripley and the little girl she rescued in "Aliens" awake from hypersleep in critical condition after being discovered in space and resuced. Ripley ends up on ...  Read the complete review

What a let down, after 2 of the greatest movies ever the aliens franchise not so much storms back to the big screen as strolls back on in a laxidasical manner without a care for plot or character development. In the first two films you really cared for all the cast, and were sad when they met their ends at the hands (and teeth) of the aliens. In ...  Read the complete review