The least succesfull of the four came in 1992. This time David Fincher ("Seven") directed, his first real movie ever. It reassembles Alien more than Aliens, which was a disappointment for many after the huge success of the Cameron film. Only one alien again, and this time no weapons to fight it! It has some nice features and details in the story, otherwise it actually is the least good one of´em. What disturbs me the most is the bad quality of the special effects, which actually takes a step back from the previous, 6 year old, film.
Some trivia: there was a pretty big disagreement before the film about which script to choose, and William Gibson, author of Neuromancer and more, had finished a script that almost were set to go. But since the Soviet Union crashed just about then, they changed their minds since they thought the script became was to delicat, and went with this one instead. If you wanna know what made them change their minds, i have the Gibson script below to download.
Story, from www.alien.com
While in cryo-sleep on the journey back
to earth, a fire on the Sulaco caused by an alien Facehugger forces the main computer to
eject the cryo-capsules in an Emergency Escape Vehicle.
The EEV crash lands on Fiorina 161, a maximum security correctional work prison facility.
Ripley, the sole survivor of the crash, finds herself an unwelcome visitor on this
lice-infested planet with a group of violent criminals who have found religion.
Because she is the only woman on this male dominated planet, Ripley endangers the balance
of power for the prisoners, threatening to cause their killer instincts to resurface. But
there is an even greater menace to their community -- the stowaway alien Facehugger
survived the crash and impregnates a prison dog.
Once again, Ripley must not only face skepticism, but also the alien as it hunts down the
prisoners and guards. Despite a lack of advanced weaponry or technology, Ripley bands
together with the prisoners to hunt it down.
Ripley soon discovers that she also has been impregnated and carries the embryo of an
alien Queen. The remaining prisoners use this to their advantage, after discovering that
the alien will protect her at all costs. By pretending to threaten her, they lure it into
the lead mold to kill it. The molten lead fails to kill the alien, but Ripley dumps cold
water on its boiling-hot body, causing it to explode.
Company representatives are sent to the planet to acquire the alien for their Bio-Weapons
Division, but rather than allow this deadly creature to be brought back to earth, Ripley
plunges into the furnace with the Queen Chestburster to destroy it.
The company closes down the prison and takes the only survivor, Morse, with them on the
rescue ship as Ripley's final report on the Nostromo plays over the speakers of the
wrecked EEV.
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Cast
Ellen Ripley: Sigourney Weaver
Bishop: Lance Henriksen
Dillon Charles Dutton
Clemens Charles Dance
Golic Paul McGann
Andrews Brian Glover
Aaron Ralph Brown
Morse Danny Webb
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