“Aliens 3” was directed by David Fincher in 1992, his first major film. It was quite obviously the sequel to the second Alien movie, entitled “Aliens,” which was directed by James Cameron in 1986. The film, like its predecessors, is a science fiction horror movie about (big surprise) aliens on Earth. The opening title and cover art show the title as Aliens cubed, or Aliens to the third power. This, in my opinion, is not accurate. It implies that it is exponentially scarier, more exciting, and more interesting of a movie than the first two. However, I don’t think that it was as good of a film in all of these ways as were the previous two. Nor was it as good as its sequel, “Alien Resurrection” or the Alien vs. Predator spinoffs.
The movie itself was centered around a ship carrying Ellen Ripley, returning home from a very scary experience on an alien planet from the last film. There’s an emergency on board and she is forced to crash-land onto a planet filled with prisoners. She is immediately prepared to leave and head back to her home planet. While waiting for assistance, however, she discovers the existence of one of the aliens whose horrifying planet she just left. The rest of the movie is filled with the ensuing fight for survival.
The film Aliens 3, while not as iconic as some others in the series, is definitely a classic. Watching it, it quickly becomes obvious why, as it is very close to the ideal American Hollywood horror film. It is also an interesting series because it takes science fiction, a genre that is usually reserved for devoted followers, into the mainstream very successfully.
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