Rent Alien 3 (1992)

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1h 49min
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Synopsis:
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the sole survivor after her escape pod crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak planet inhabited by former inmates of a maximum security facility. When she realises an alien was also aboard her craft, she is shocked to learn the inmates possess no advanced technology or modern weapons. Yet no weapon can help Ripley after she learns that the alien terror has taken on a frightening and new personal dimension.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
David Glier, Walter Hill
Writers:
Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Others:
Jr., Tom Woodruff, Jr., George Gibbs, Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff
Studio:
20th Century Fox
Genres:
Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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BBFC:
Release Date:
12/04/2004
Run Time:
138 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Audio commentary
  • Storyboard galleries
  • Pre-production featurette
  • Multi-angle segment
  • Photo archives
  • Photo galleries
  • Workshops
  • 'Xeno-erotic: H.R. Giger Redesign' featurette
Disc 1:
This disc includes the main feature
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following special features:
- Audio Commentary
- Storyboard Galleries
- Xeno-erotic: HR Giger Redesign Featurette
- Photo Archives, Galleries and Workshops
- Multi-Angle Segment
BBFC:
Release Date:
30/01/2012
Run Time:
109 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Includes original and special version
  • Audio Commentaries
  • Final theatrical Isolated Score
  • Deleted Scenes
  • MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience

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Reviews (4) of Alien 3

Worth another shot - Alien 3 review by CP Customer

Spoiler Alert
11/03/2009

Alien 3 came in for harsh criticism when it was released. Fincher directing his first feature film here was an easy target, especially after the first two films in the series set the benchmark so high. However the theatrical version that we all knew before this DVD was far from his vision. The producers edited the film to their requirements and changed the ending. For this DVD Fincher was asked to oversee the restoration of his original ideas, yet sadly declined. So the team have tried to re-assemble the film as best they could. While it is not ideal, Alien 3 in this guise is a different beast. Much longer, there is more of a religious plot, more depth to the characters and many of the questions from the theatrical edition are answered. A real bonus is the commentary from Paul McGann, who outlined some of the problems Fincher faced during filming and what he was trying to achieve. He does seem quite sad about how the film was originally perceived.

3 out of 5 members found this review helpful.

A sequel too far - Alien 3 review by RP

Spoiler Alert
21/01/2012

The first film in the series 'Alien' is a superb 1970s sci-fi film, never bettered, and made the reputations of both Sigourney Weaver and director Ridley Scott. The second film 'Aliens' is a superb 1980s film directed by James Cameron. So the third film 'Alien 3' directed by newcomer David Fincher needs to be pretty good to live up to its predecessors. Is it? In a word – no. This variant of the story takes place on a semi-deserted metal refining planet operated by prison labour, where the prisoners are almost self-governing and have developed their own religious code of ethics. There is plenty of running about in tunnels, plenty of alien encounters (the alien always gets his man, of course), but it all seems much the same. What is different is the movement of the creature – somehow this one doesn't seem as scary. Other things which seem 'wrong' are the number of British accents from fairly well-known British actors, the amount of f-ing and blinding, and the bogus religion which all seem out of place. I regret that this is yet another example of a sequel too far. I've seen worse, but I didn't enjoy it much so I'll give it 2/5 stars.

3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.

Better Than Reported - Alien 3 review by GI

Spoiler Alert
17/05/2021

This is actually a rather effective finale in a trilogy that tells the story of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her relationship with the iconic alien creature. To appreciate this film requires two key things, first that the 2003 'Special Edition' is the version viewed and that the silly Alien Resurrection (1997), which followed it, is ignored (it took the franchise nowhere). This is despite the controversies surrounding Alien3 not least that the director, David Fincher, has more or less disowned it due to studio interference (the 2003 version is closest to his vision of the film and it's vastly superior to the theatrical release version). The story picks up almost immediately from the conclusion of Aliens (1986) and Ripley crash lands on a desolate planet formerly a huge industrial lead refinery and now a maximum security prison housing an all male set of rapists and murderers. Unfortunately an alien is also loose and with no weapons and the notorious 'company' somehow involved Ripley has to find a way to destroy this new threat and survive. Aliens was always going to be a difficult act to follow and returning to a story where there's just one alien to contend with after an army of them in the previous film was potentially an anticlimax. But we now have Ridley Scott's prequels to consider (both also worthy of reconsideration) and Alien3 fits quite neatly into the full story of the history of the creature. This is especially relevant in regards to how the creature takes on an appearance dependant on it's environment and helps create a more interesting evolutionary story. Alien3 is in itself a tense, bloody chase story, full of menace and threat and with a superb cast (most of whom are British - Pete Postlethwaite, Phil Davis, Brian Glover, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown) and continues with a bleak, uninspiring vision of a future that despite advanced technology holds little for humanity, encapsulated in the 'company', here given a name for the first time, which is prepared to, literally, risk the future of humanity itself in the pursuit of profit. A film that is worthy of re-evaluation and to round off the 'Ripley' story. I certainly recommend it if you haven't seen it and to try again if you found it unrewarding before.

1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.

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