Alien³ (1992)

Ripley continues to be stalked by a savage alien, after her escape pod crashes on a prison planet.

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

Dan O'Bannon (characters), Ronald Shusett (characters),

Stars:

Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sigourney Weaver	...	Ellen Ripley
Charles S. Dutton	...	Dillon
Charles Dance	...	Clemens
Paul McGann	...	Golic
Brian Glover	...	Andrews
Ralph Brown	...	Aaron
Danny Webb	...	Morse
Christopher John Fields	...	Rains
Holt McCallany	...	Junior
Lance Henriksen	...	Bishop II
Christopher Fairbank	...	Murphy (as Chris Fairbank)
Carl Chase	...	Frank
Leon Herbert	...	Boggs
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Jude
Pete Postlethwaite	...	David

Storyline

After escaping from the alien planet, the ship carrying Ellen Ripley crashes onto a remote and inhabited ore refinery. While living in the ore refinery until she is rescued by her employers, Ripley discovers the horrifying reason for her crash: An alien stowaway. As the alien matures and begins to kill off the inhabitants, Ripley is unaware that her true enemy is more than just the killer alien.

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Plot Keywords:

planet | prison | crash | space marine | murderer | 

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Taglines:

In 1979, we discovered in space no one can hear you scream. In 1992, we will discover, on Earth, EVERYONE can hear you scream.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for monster violence, and for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alien 3

Filming Locations:

UK

Box Office

Budget:

$63,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$55,473,600 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Brandywine Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min 145 min (2003 Special 'Assembly Cut' Edition)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The tea glass that prison superintendent Andrews is sipping on is part of the BODUM series, a tableware manufactured in Denmark.

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Goofs

Dillon's glasses disappear after Golic frees the alien.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Computer Voice: Stasis interrupted. Fire in cryogenic compartment. Repeat, fire in cryogenic compartment. All personnel report to emergency escape vehicle launch pod. Deep-space flight will commence in T-minus twenty seconds.

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Crazy Credits

The 20th Century Fox fanfare that plays during the opening studio logo segues ominously into the score of the film.

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Connections

Referenced in Four Twenty (2012)

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Soundtracks

"IN THE YEAR 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)"
Written by Rick Evans

User Reviews

Terrible film invalidates the preceding one

There should be a rule of sequels that one does not invalidate the entire purpose of the one preceding it.

Aliens 3 cynically opens with, "Hey everything you saw in Aliens 2, everything Ripley endured and did meant NOTHING."

Once you strip away that gleam of hope, instill a complete sense of futility, you create in the viewer a, "What's the purpose, they are all gonna die anyway" mindset.

Sequels these days while complained about do carry with them advantage over say the trilogies of even a decade ago. Today most films with even a promise of a sequel or a series of sequels carry along with them a story arc. There is a lot less of the making it up as we go along to the writing of each installment than in the past.

Even this is a double edge sword. Where as you don't have to explain how a person who in the first movement was seen having their head chopped off didn't really die, you loose the creativity of having to write yourself out of what was once a story's deadend.