Alien 3

With a style distinctly belonging to David Fincher, this debut feature, which also stands as part of the Alien franchise before ALIEN VS. PREDATOR days, is a cynical and dreary film. I would like to say that Fincher's version is good, but it isn't even that, for, in his debut being part of a greater mythology, Fincher seems to abandon any of the sensibilities of the ALIEN series. More concerned with the standings between the grimy men of the prison colony Ripley crash lands on, and insisting on creating a dark world to begin with, Fincher betrays any sense of the franchise that existed previously. If the film were any good, who would care, but Fincher traps himself by beginning the film with his own twists, but having to devolve into the monster picking off people one by one storyline. In eventuality, it appears that Fincher's changes are an attempt to make something other that ALIEN 3. But, for what it is, the film is boring, nonsensical, and formulaic.
Alien 3: ★★