Alien3

Synopsis

The ship that Ripley was on is crashing, and she is the sole human survivor on a prison world that has found religion. However, the Xenomorph is a crafty bitch and has made its own plans for Ripley.

Review

So this movie had some great quality of life improvements with sound design where it just doesn't feel empty anymore. However, the flip side is that they moved to crappy CGI that doesn't survive and looks terrible. The combination of practical at times and CGI at others doesn't make sense for the Alien with the Size when shown in CGI. It is very small compared to the way they show the practical character, and it just takes away from it.

The cast though was great. Charles Dance, who plays Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, and Charles Dutton are outstanding characters. Those two plus Weaver, show some real depth to this movie that otherwise could have been seen as vapid when you look at the rest of the cast. They are just there. They feel like randoms picked up off the street to play parts. Everything is 100% there is no discretion in their acting.

The scene and plot really is another sticking point. So an alien was on board and managed to kill everyone but Ripley, however for her, !!SPOILER AHEAD!!, managed to impregnate her without breaking the seal of the cold sleep. Huge plot whole and the "Rescue" team being able to speed up mid-flight in a world where space travel is pushed to the limit just misses. The prison world finding a random religion? Sure I'll buy that, but I won't buy a corporation allowing them to stay there continuing to make money on their own. Especially not the Wayland company.

Also, just looking at the poster, the tagline "3 time the suspense, 3 times danger, 3 times the terror" doesn't make sense to the movie. There isn't 3 of anything really. Maybe because it was 8 years or so in between movies they could make that claim, but I don't think so.

My Rating

This movie was way better than I expected it to be speaking that a lot of people either hate on this movie or don't count it as canon. It has some issues for sure, but it was entertaining more than Alien. Much easier watch with a great cast. This is an 7 for its entertainment and meme availability, not the 4-6 that it is give online.

Parental Rating

There is a massive amount of language as compared to the previous ones. However, there is also less nudity or assumed nudity with limited clothing. There is also more gore than the other movies with lots of dripping blood. I don't think that my dad would watch it. There is a ton of swearing. Rejected by both.

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