Alien3

Alien3 (1992)

  • 42% of critics liked it
    (43 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (311,513 ratings)

Crash landing on a barren penal-colony planet with an unwelcomed visitor in tow, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) contends with a group of hardened convicts while using nothing but her wits to battle a terrifying new breed of alien. The sole survivor of her crashed escape pod, Ripley is rescued from the… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
David Glier, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1992 Wide
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    Good acting has salvaged many a poor script in the past, but not here.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    Alien 3 belongs to that branch of fantasy comics, best exemplified by the Road Warrior movies, in which the iron and space ages meet for dizzy results.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Bold and haunting

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Barely watchable and not especially enjoyable.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    Ironically, Alien 3 is not a bad movie. In fact -- here's the rub -- it's too interesting to make an exciting summer flick.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Al S


    Its my least favorite of the series and dosent deliver like the other two did, but Director, David Fincher does a fine job in the directing chair just the story is not the best.

  • Samuel R


    I understand when people were disappointed with this film due to some of its ideas. However, I do believe that as a stand alone film, its impressive.But overall,although Alien 3 isn't the strongest in the Alien franchise, it deserves its place as part of it and doesn't… More

  • Emil K


    Far from the disaster that too many critics and audiences considired it was. Alien 3 was a debut film for master director David Fincher and he certainly made it look and sound something completely unique. Yes, Alien3 is a cold and very dark as a film, but it also is the most… More

  • Matt G


    The whole religion aspect pretty much ruined the film for me. Not enough Fincherness.

  • KJ P


    Okay, so what they decided to do was have Ripley's ship crash land on a random planet, where a maximum security prison is holding extremely aggressive inmates, with no weapons or way of defence. Right off the bat, this idea is redundant. There are too many things wrong with this… More

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