content: Though it's not really fitting for a movie in the Alien series, Alien3 is an interestingly done if monochrome-looking exercise in religious allegory. Weaver handles the constantly changing role of Ripley well, combining both the independence shown in Alien with the maternal aspects of Aliens. This, combined with the rest of the cast and some effective camerawork, makes for what is at least an interesting film. It must be seen letterboxed for it to make any sense, however. The end of the movie (and what should have been the end of the series) is amazing, of course, and worth waiting for even if you find the preceding two hours unbearably dull. Give the film a second look (or a first!), but again, in its original Panavision format if possible; otherwise it becomes very visually garbled. END