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Alien 3

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Alien 3

R

Released May 22, 1992

1h 55m

Sci-Fi

Horror

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Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor when she crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Once again, Ripley must face skepticism and the alien as it hunts down the prisoners and guards. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, Ripley leads the men into battle against the terrifying creature.

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Critics Consensus

Alien³ takes admirable risks with franchise mythology, but far too few pay off in a thinly scripted sequel whose stylish visuals aren't enough to enliven a lack of genuine thrills.

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Kathleen Carroll

New York Daily News

One assumes that Weaver received enough combat pay to compensate for playing the now understandably cynical Ripley in this bleak and pointlessly grueling movie.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 6, 2024

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Michael Wilmington

Los Angeles Times

It does succeed in rounding the three movies off, not smashingly but interestingly. It drives us into the wall, throws Ripley into a blind alley from which, at last, there is no escape hatch.

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

The monsters just aren't that scary anymore, and so the film mostly just sits there, gloomy and inert, sunk in exhausted myth, looking and sounding Wagnerian but feeling underpowered.

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

[Alien 3] just doesn’t have the same tension and visceral impact that the first two movies did so well.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 15, 2024

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Robbie Roberts

News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

The movie folds back upon its previous incarnations again and again, never attempting to advance its twice-told tale, content merely to retell once more. What's on screen seems aimed more at making money than making myth.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 6, 2024

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Eleanor O'Sullivan

Asbury Park Press (NJ)

It is dark, cramped, sweaty; Ripley does struggle with external and internal "monsters." But the movie is capable of cheering you, too, for its intelligence, its lack of superficial, groundless flash and for its spare, appropriate use of violence.

Rated: 3.5/4

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Stephen C

A failure of a movie sequel in 1 hour and 55 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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Darcy J

most of the movie was lack lustre and the cgi was a mess, however we did get some incredible and iconic scenes, and the ending was amazing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Nenad V

A hige downgrade from the previous 2 alien moviea. Despite that, Sigourney Weaver is too great of an actress to not have her charecter, Ellen Ripley, be a great one. Asides that, cant really recommend it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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Shaun R

Another dumb ass sequel which had the potential to spoil the whole franchise.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Josh A

After you finish watching the original trilogy, you might feel bad for Ripley. I do at least. Basically the entire trilogy takes place over a few months for her, and both Aliens and this film over a few days, as she immediately goes from Aliens to Alien 3 with no break. The trilogy is a great and epic story, sure, but you can feel her pain in this movie. Let's get into it. The story is that after Aliens, Ripley and Newt's ship crashed on a prison planet. Newt also died, which wasn't the best choice and a flaw of the film, but it is what it is. Meanwhile, an alien bursts from a dog's chest and just like that, we have Ripley and prisoners vs. a Xenomorph. It's similar to the plot of the last two, but also Ripley has an alien inside her, an interesting idea that raises the stakes. It also leads to Ripley's death. Yep, she dies in this one, so this is basically the finale to the series. It's second to last in the timeline, anyways, so this is 100% the finale to Ripley's character. And it works, as she dives into a furnace while an alien bursts out of her chest. It just feels nice and wraps up the trilogy in a nice, neat bow. Because that's what this movie is: a movie to wrap up the story. Also the aesthetic is cool, being orange-green and feeling dirty, as it's a prison planet. Just a pretty good film in general. Overall, a solid finale to Ellen Ripley's character and an underrated Alien movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/21/25

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Audience Member

Perfect ending to tie up all the loose ends in 1 and 3 I honestly don't get why people hate it so much. I loved the genetic testing scenes.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Synopsis

Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor when she crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Once again, Ripley must face skepticism and the alien as it hunts down the prisoners and guards. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, Ripley leads the men into battle against the terrifying creature.

Director: David Fincher
Producer: Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Screenwriter: Larry Ferguson, David Giler, Walter Hill, Vincent Ward
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 22, 1992, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.8M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: 70mm, Flat (1.85:1)

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