Rating: R
Genre:
Science Fiction
Theatrical Release: 05/22/1992(USA)
Release Date: 06/01/1999
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Profanity, Sci-Fi Violence
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Acclaimed director
David Fincher's promising career was lucky to survive this astonishingly wrong-headed, almost universally despised second sequel to
Alien (1979). The film careens into oblivion virtually from the beginning, as
Lt. Ellen Ripley (
Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor of a crash-landing on a hellish, God-forsaken prison planet. Not only does the crash kill little
Newt, completely obviating the entire point of the superior
Aliens (1986), but
Fincher then compounds his betrayal of that film's fans by having
Ripley attend the girl's gruesome autopsy and barely bat an eye as the child's chest is bloodily ripped open with a steel bonesaw. Things just go downhill from there, as the rather unthreatening rapists and murderers harass
Ripley and curse a great deal before being torn apart by large fans, having their heads crushed by the unconvincing CGI alien, and finally volunteering to be murdered by the beast rather than letting the evil Company get hold of it.
Fincher does the best he can with a terrible script, and there are some nice supporting turns by
Charles S. Dutton,
Charles Dance, and
Brian Glover, but nothing could redeem the film's first 15 minutes. By the time
Ripley takes a suicidal swan-dive into a vat of molten lead, cradling a baby alien as it explodes from her chest, many viewers will not know whether to reach for the remote control or a warm bath and a razorblade. A loathsome experience by any standard,
Alien 3 still made enough money for
Weaver to return as a
Ripley clone in
Alien Resurrection (1997).
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
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