A good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I was quite eager to check it out again. Well, this movie definitely has a lame reputation and you could say that David Fincher's directing career had a rather rough start. Indeed, his first gig was to make a sequel after the massive classics directed respectively by Ridley Scott and James Cameron but the end-result was not well received due above all to a really messy constantly changing script. Fincher himself eventually disowned the film, citing constant studio interference and, apparently, he wasn't even involved in the editing. Well, even though it might be surprising, I actually liked this flick. Of course, it was nothing really amazing but I really liked the dark mood and it was visually pretty neat. In my opinion, the main issue concerning all the sequels in this franchise, even 'Aliens', was in fact that they were all basically some kind of reboot of the first movie. Indeed, the story is actually always the same: Ripley ends up somewhere being chased by some aliens, that's it. What remains is the personal touch brought by the director and Sigourney Weaver's awesome charisma. So, even though this flick didn't get much love, I still like it even though it is indeed rather messed up.

7/10