After all, when was the last time a major Hollywood studio green lit a franchise film that was as hopeless and definitive as Alien 3? The closest that comes to mind is this year’s Logan, coincidentally also distributed by 20th Century Fox, but even that’s a far cry from the dour stakes of Alien 3. It’s inordinately smart for a second sequel and quite an anomaly by today’s standards. Because let’s be fair, Alien 3 isn’t a dumb movie.

Yes, the whole massacre felt like a slap in the face, but it was hardly a dumb choice as Cameron has since argued. And then there’s Cameron, the loudest of them all, who has gone on record saying the decision to kill Newt, Hicks, and Bishop was “dumb” and felt like a “slap in the face to the fans.” In some respects, he’s not wrong.Īnd seven year-old Michael Roffman looked like this… Michael Biehn, who played Corporal Dwayne Hicks in the previous film, was so upset he was killed off-screen that he demanded the studio pay what he earned for his work in Aliens just for using his likeness here. Director David Fincher, who made his proper debut with the film, has since disowned it altogether, citing studio interference and manic deadlines. Needless to say, fans despised the film and critics were mostly mixed (mostly), and its legacy hasn’t exactly improved. Even worse, by the time the credits rolled, every one of their favorite characters was either dead or deactivated - and there was zero chance of them returning. After waiting six long years for a follow-up to James Cameron’s epic 1986 sequel, Aliens, fans were immediately dropped into a cruel and terrifying world, one filled with prisoners, rapists, and indistinguishable British actors.

When the highly anticipated sequel crashed into theaters on May 22, 1992, it didn’t take long for word to get out about how the film was so bleak and miserable. Very few people rally around Alien 3, and for good reason. This feature originally ran in May 2017 and is being re-published again for Alien Day.

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