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alien 3 (1992)

alien 3
Alien 3
R
Action
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller

Release Date
May 22, 1992
Director
David Fincher
Cast
Sigourney Weaver , Charles S. Dutton , Charles Dance , Paul McGann , Brian Glover , Ralph Brown
Runtime
114
Main Genre
Action
Studio
20th Century Fox
Writers
Dan O'Bannon , Ronald Shusett , Vincent Ward , David Giler , Walter Hill , Larry Ferguson
Tagline
The bitch is back.
Franchise
Alien

Summary

ALIEN 3, picks up almost directly after the events in ALIENS, finding Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) 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.

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