Alien³ - Collectors Edition

Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Ripley's fears that an Alien was aboard her craft are confirmed when the mutilated bodies of ex-cons begin to mount. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, she must lead the inmates into battle against the terrifying creature--where soon she discovers a horrifying fact about her link with the Alien, a realization that may compel Ripley to destroying not only the horrific creature, but herself.

David Fincher's feature debut, ALIEN 3, picks up almost directly after the events in ALIENS, finding Ripley frozen in suspended animation as her ship crashes on Fiorina 161, a prison planet.

When awakened by the prison's staff, she discovers that she is the sole survivor of her crew. Trapped on a barren planet with convicts and no weapons of any kind, Ripley soon realizes that an alien was also on the ship and has survived. As the savage creature begins to massacre inmates, Ripley bands together with the remaining prisoners and attempts to destroy it by wits alone.

Filmed at a time when big guns and high technology dominated the screen, ALIEN 3 deserves commendation for its unique premise--battling a vicious alien creature with no weapons and almost no resources whatsoever. This scenario makes for an unusual and intriguing science fiction thriller that is also notable for Fincher's bleak industrial visuals; the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.