After surviving the nightmare of LV-426, Ellen Ripley finds herself awake among strangers on a penal colony known as Fiorina "Fury" 161. Initially suspicious to the danger around her, Ripley is terrified to find that an alien has travelled with her to this prison world. From here on Ripley and the inmates must fight to survive against the alien in their midst, but for Ripley, who is more dangerous; the alien or the inmates?

First things first, I honestly feel this should have been a better movie than it actually turned out to be. It has all the elements that make a good movie, acting, directing, set design, etc, etc... But it just isn't as good as it should be. The main reason it falls down in my opinion, is because of lack originality in the storyline, it feels a lot of the time as if we're re-walking trodden ground.

The set designs are very dreary but in a strange and interesting kind of way they really set the visual tone of the movie, a downbeat, grubby feeling. The music score composed by Elliot Goldenthal is actually quite impressive, in fact it's one of the best things about this movie. Special effects are quite impressive for their time, we get to see a CGI alien, which some will either love or hate.

Acting wise this movie, like the two before it, is strong. Ex-wrestler Brian Glover puts in a convincing performance as super-intendant Andrews, whilst Sigourney Weaver puts in her usual quality performance. It's said that the main reason why Alien 3 was not the success it should have been is due to the fact that the strict rules of production were not adhered too, when filming began. David Fincher (the director) and co were not even working with a completed script. Had things at this stage improved it's possible that things could have turned out different for Alien 3 although I personally doubt it. All in all not a bad movie but most definitely should have been better.