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Alien³ (1992)

Directed by David Fincher

Horror | Science Fiction

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Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 114 minutes

Actors

Sigourney Weaver | Charles S. Dutton | Charles Dance | Paul McGann | Brian Glover | Ralph Brown | Danny Webb | Christopher John Fields | Holt McCallany | Lance Henriksen | Christopher Fairbank | Carl Chase | Leon Herbert | Vincenzo Nicoli | Pete Postlethwaite | Paul Brennen | Clive Mantle | Peter Guinness | Deobia Oparei | Phil Davis | Niall Buggy | Hi Ching | Danielle Edmond | Tom Woodruff Jr.

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

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. In an effort to seem dark and edgy, two of the reasons that Aliens worked so well are offed before the film even gets going. Production issues, constant rewrites, a complete overhaul after they’d already started building sets and then constant interference from the producers led the theatrical cut to be a mess. The production cut fares a bit better as there’s at least more development across the board but it still has some of the rough effects work and the sound is all over the place. If I go to watch this one, it is the production cut not the theatrical run.  It’s still a bit of a mess, but definitely feels like a more complete film.

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