Like some futuristic Robinson Crusoe, Sigourney Weaver gets marooned on a windswept, godforsaken corner of the universe - it is in fact, prisoners colony and everybody is immediately disturbed because inmates have not seen woman in ages (and definitely not the one like this) + messages from the corporation insist this strange intruder is of utmost importance. Unknown to inhabitants of this deserted, apocalyptic place, Weaver is not the only visitor.
Spiritually closer to the psychologically tense and scary original, "Alien 3" combines the best of both worlds, claustrophobic atmosphere of 1979. movie and pyrotechnics fuelled action of 1986. version. Although panned by critics, in my personal opinion it surpasses ho-hum gun-toting predecessor because it suggest desolation, depression and utter isolation of prisoners who have nothing going on for them - they are left here to slowly die out and nobody is going to forgive or help them. They even don't have any weapons because nobody is going to escape relatively safe buildings and run into emptiness around them. When Alien starts running around, prisoners face the basic fight for survival and its clearly shown how lonely they are - they are forced to fight together or die. Yes, there is a lot of action, fire, running, screaming and special effects by far exceed anything seen in series so far, but for me the main interest lies in atmosphere of doom and utter isolation of the place. Sigourney Weaver is excellent as usual, though Charles Dance initially seems partner worthy of her, he is really charismatic actor. I couldn't care less what critics said, because it is actually highly effective and it reminds me on "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" but without those annoying children.
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