September 3rd, 2007

Alien 3

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Its around the 2nd sequel mark that you start to feel that someone was really out to milk this franchise. On the back of the success of Alien and Aliens, Alien 3 was inevitable at some point. To be fair, I’ve probably seen this movie in its entirity once, and then watched odd bits and pieces of it now and then and it’s unlike me to struggle to remember this film in any detail, which just goes to show what a poor take on it that is. Compare that to the dozens of times I’ve seen Aliens and the disparity is obvious.

From what I do remember, the film does a good job of keeping the suspence as we go back to having just one alien. I can’t help but feel the plot lacked any really depth - a prison full of idiots, basically.

David Fincher is the director, and how many of his other films can you name? Yea, me neither. This is only on my shelf to complete the collection.