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* * * * * * minor plot spoilers in review * * * * * * * * * * * * no major spoilers are in review * * * * * *
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the previous two " alien " films have each had their own unique styles to them .
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the ridley scott's alien was very much a stylistic suspense film .
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james cameron's aliens was much more of an action film .
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and i liked each film separately for which it was .
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now alien 3 is out .
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and it is it's own film in the same right that alien and aliens were .
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unlike aliens , alien 3 requires that you have seen aliens .
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this is very important as the story picks up exactly were aliens left off .
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the survivors of the expedition to lv-426 are returning home after battling and beating the aliens .
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the climactic fight scene between ripley and the mother alien on the sulaco in aliens left behind one item , an egg .
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in the opening sequence we see the egg hatch , find its quarry , which leads to a fire aboard the sulaco when the facehugger is injured , an leads the sulaco to jettison the hypersleep tubes in an escape vessel .
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this vessel crash lands on fury 109 .
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everyone in the vessel is killed , except ripley .
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the facehugger is jettisoned with them and survives the crash .
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fury 109 is an ex-mining/maximum security prison .
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when closed down , some of the lifer prisoners decided to stay and live out the remaining years on the planet .
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all the prisoners are men who have not seen a woman in many years .
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ripley's arrival sparks a problem with the inmates .
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as for the new haircut that ripley and the prisoner's sport , there is an infestation of lice on the planet .
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being an ex-prison means that there is no way off the planet and no weapons .
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so the prisoners and ripley are off to face the alien on their own .
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i will not go into detail , but you can guess what happens here .
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the alien is loose and no one believes ripley's outstanding story .
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she finds comfort in the arms of the colony's doctor .
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yes , after 57 years ripley has sex .
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it is not gratuitous , in fact , we don't even see them kiss , but it is just as well .
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a sweaty sex scene would not have worked in the context of the film .
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there is a lot more gore in alien 3 .
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in fact i would guess to say that there is more in alien 3 than either of the earlier two .
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it also sports a new alien with 4 legs !
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i won't say how , but it leads us to believe a few new things about the alien and its cycle , which i am sure will be explored in alien 4 .
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sigourney weaver is back as ripley and provides another excellent performance of this character .
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her scene during the autopsy of newt is enough to garnish her another academy nomination .
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the rest of the cast is also quite good .
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notably , charles dance as the doctor with whom ripley finds momentary escape from fury 109 .
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alien 3 has a very distinct look .
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this is due largely to its director , david fincher .
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mr . fincher , who until now has only directed music videos and commercials , has done an incredible job here .
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his direction is excellent and makes this film come to life in ways no " alien " film has before .
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for mr . fincher , i see a long prosperous career ahead of him .
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the music was also done by a newcomer to the film industry .
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elliot goldenthal has created a deeply moving score which lends itself to the claustrophobic setting that the " alien " series been set in .
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this time the score is not so much a rip off of star trek ii ( james horner's aliens ) .
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this score has a choral back up at times and even lends itself to the old style of ennio morricone scoring .
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this is a great score .
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the ending to alien 3 is quite good .
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there were times i thought that hollywood would come in and screw it up , but it played very nicely .
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i will not ruin the ending for you .
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go see the film .
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i consider it to be a much more involved film than any of the other films released so far this season .
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alien 3 is a worthy successor to aliens and alien .
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and when they make alien 4 , perhaps they will be able to find yet another new direction to take it in .
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