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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 27 May 1992, p. 16

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The thrills continue in Alien 3 By Steven Fraser the story one more time. That‘s the old unmistakable feeling: enthusiastic terror, the fervent suspension of unfearing disbeâ€" hef The story‘s no different. An alien is found on the planet and soon wreaks unimaginable chaos on the inhabitants. Ripley happens along and does what an‘ Allâ€"Mother of the Universe like her would There‘s no mistaking the feeling. The credits unfold as in a dream, interâ€"cut with alien. A choir sings a hymn to the silence and in my mind | can hear the poet‘s voice trailing into the distance, "All changed, changed utterty, a terrible beauty is born.‘‘ "Alien 3", once again starring Sigourâ€" ney Weaver as Warrant Officer Ripley, draws us with a terrified enthusiagm into PAGE 16 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, Abdul, Fincher said he made a conscious do. She does the right thing. On her way home, in deep hyperâ€"sieep, Ripley, along with two others, is ejected from the mother ship because of a fire in the hold. Their pod crash lands on the planet Fiorina (Fury) 161, a former prison planet now housing a handful of exâ€"conâ€" victs who have stayed behind in order to establish a monastery of sorts. After having embraced a kind of religion they desire now a place without the chance of temptation. On Fury they have found that, until Ripley drops in. David Fincher makes his feature film directorial debut and has created a film some notoriety directing hopefuiness that, while being radically different from the first two films, is full of the capacity to move. In a remarkably powerful scene Dilion (Charles S. Dutton), the spiritual leader of the group, steps up to deliver a eulogy for the two who have died in the crash of the pod. in a passionate, resonating voice, he speaks of the uncertainty of life, and of the As he speaks the images present us with a twist of understanding; rising to new life and a new beginning is the creature, automatically providing the inhabitants of decision to stay away from a highâ€"tech look to the film. instead he has conceived of a desperate place, a lifeless, beaten hole in which the battle will take place. Fincher brings a certain musical quality to the film. There is a desperate kind of majesty to the images, a beleaguered remanmnianemmmmensiy WM imve nc Though Fincher‘s directing sometimes leaves us confused and as in the dark as the inmates, and despite some inconsisâ€" tencies in the story, the film is not without effect. The tension is tightly controlled and the dialogue smooth, humorous at times and always strong. And while it doesn‘t rival the first Alien film in its ability to frighten, it is a nicety rounded ending to a thrilling series of films. _ "Alien 3" is playing at the Fairway conceit is also back, done in a surprisingly 1O t of dogged hope! Weaver is strong, as usual, in the role of Ripley. She‘s noticeablyâ€"oider, or maybe just more worn down in this picture, and plays the character with an appropriate air the planet with a very uncertain future (Continued on page 22)

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