Almost everyone picks the first two Alien movies as the best, but we’re sharing the reasons why Alien 3 is the most underrated movie in the franchise.
the Alien franchise is continuing for the first time in seven years with Alien: Romulus. Ridley Scott’s original Alien came out 45 years ago in 1979, and many have argued that the franchise peaked there. Others believe that James Cameron’s Aliens, the first sequel, is the real masterpiece among these movies. But it’s kind of all downhill from there … aside from Alien 3. That film was also the directorial debut of David Fincher, the man behind Fight Club and The Social Network.
Now, Alien 3 is not without its problems. And the film does make some dramatic missteps, including the off-screen death of Newt, the young girl whom Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) loved like a daughter. Even Fincher himself disowned Alien 3 in 2009. Yet compared to everything that came after it, including Scott’s Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, Alien 3 looks a lot better 32 years later. That’s why we’re going to share the four reasons why Alien 3 is the most underrated movie in the Alien franchise.It makes the Xenomorphs frightening again
Cameron hit upon the way to outdo Alien by introducing dozens, if not hundreds, of alien Xenomorphs in Aliens. However, seeing that many Xenomorphs at once, and so often, made them less frightening than they were before. For a variety of reasons, Fincher’s Alien 3 had to scale back on the threat to a single Xenomorph. That could have been a disaster, and yet it amped up the tension with the most inhuman-like Xenomorph to that point.
