Rating of
1/4
The worst of the series
WestIsBest - wrote on 11/18/07
Okay, this film just absolutely depressed me! Being a huge fan of Aliens, I obviously wanted to see this one but it just came as a complete slap in the face. If you really don't want to know anything then stop reading but this does only happen right at the start. The fact that they killed off Newt and Hicks basically just because they didn't know what else to do with them, really didn't go down well with me. We followed these characters through a whole movie and were grateful that they survived only to not even see them die within the first 5 minutes of this film. I understand that they wanted Ripley on her own again but I'm sure they could have found a different way of doing it.
And if that wasn't bad enough, the movie itself isn't even good. The characters go back to being fairly two dimensional, the script is dull and forgettable and the effects are absolutely attrocious! People may thing that suits are lame but they work a hell of a lot better than some weird green looking dog-like aliens. The used more gore than I think was necessary too. The endng wasn't too bad but it's the direction that amazed me. It's not bad but it in no way compares to Fincher's other work.
A truly disappointing chapter in the Alien series, the weak link of the four in my opinion.
