Alien 3

Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S Dutton, Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown and Danny Webb.

Director: David Fincher

Release Date: 1992

Running Time: 1hr 50 minutes

Genre: Sci Fi

Rating: 18

Format: DVD

Synopsis:

In the third installment to the "Alien" franchise, Ripley finds herself on Fiorina Fury 161, a maximum security prison. However, upon returning Ripley finds she is not alone, she's brought along an unwelcome visitor too.

As far as I'm concerned the "Alien" movies should of ended with James Cameron's "Aliens", why do filmmakers always go too far with sequels? Ripley finds herself at a maximum security prison, Ripley was found to be the only one alive, Ripley finds herself haunted by paranoia that those found dead on board the ship may have the alien inside of them. You see a sudden change of attitude in her in this movie compared to the other two, she comes across very much like a soldier, in her appearance and in personality. It's rather daunting seeing her surrounded by men. Charles Dance plays Clemens a very interesting character, is he the leader of the pact? Or simply just a prisoner like everyone else? Ripley certainly has an interesting relationship with him.

I'm not a big fan of the storyline, personally it drifts away from the original story, why has Ripley come across a maximum security prison? David Fincher is an extremely good director but in all honesty? He's directed better movies. I don't like that he's emphasized on potential rape upon Ripley being the only woman. As a woman its not something we like hearing or seeing regardless of if it's made up or not. Don't worry folks you don't see anything and nothing happens, but the theory is there. Not for the faint hearted there are certainly a few gory scenes, there's a pretty interesting scene involving Bishop too that is very clever.

Although there is some action in the film, there are one too many scenes that drag the film down. Drifting further and further away from the plot. Sadly Sigourney Weaver and Charles Dance are the only two actors to actually deliver a very good performance in the movie. It's disappointing in comparison to the other two movies. Despite what is going on, as a member of the audience your not convinced that these characters are actually frightened by what they see. The acting is rather amateurish. The characters just come across as annoying.

The first two movies or three if you include "Alien: Covenant" have an tremendous amount of suspense that truly keeps you on the edge of your seat, sadly this movie fails at providing that for it's audience. It's somewhat predictable. Sadly the soundtrack does absolutely nothing for the film either, it doesn't work well the story, it doesn't create suspense or tension. Don't get me wrong it's not all bad, there are some twists and turns that may take you by surprise particularly the ending, I do however think more excitement could have been added to the storyline. Nothing really stands out, the film is quite dark, there isn't a great dealing of lighting, the lighting that has been used doesn't really work well with the film either.

Overall a very disappointing movie that really didn't need to be produced. I'm surprised Sigourney Weaver came back for a third installment after the amazing success of the first two films. Perhaps if James Cameron had directed the movie it would have been very different, it might have actually been really good! Directors get so wrapped up in the success of films that they think they can continue the story and make it even better, nine times out of ten it fails. On this occasion for me personally it has failed. There's the odd scene that is generally really good, otherwise it's a disappointing mess.

2/5 stars