David Fincher has done many great movies in his career but Alien 3 was not one of them. Ripley and the other survivors of Aliens crash on a prison planet, bringing an alien face hugger with them. While Newt and Hicks die on impact, Ripley is left in the care of the planet's doctor and Bishop is thrown in the garbage. Ripley has to deal with not only a group of horny prisoners who haven't seen a woman in years but a dog version of the alien running around killing people. With the help of Charles Dutton as a prison preacher, Ripley organizes the men of the penal colony in an attempt to fight off the alien before it kills them all.
Talk about a dark movie, this one is tonally and literally pitch black at times. The low lighting makes the action difficult to see and the prisoners difficult to tell apart. So, stakes are kind of low when the alien starts zipping through tunnels and killing guys. Also, when a movie starts off by killing off the defenseless little girl from the last movie, you know things are going to get rough. Sure enough, by the end, there have been lots of sacrifices and some nice twists.
I wouldn't waste your time unless you are a completist.
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