What went wrong here?

Of course they did though, right?

They made another sequel 4 or 5 years later.

I get the whole horror vs action...or trying to mingle the both together.

But this was a big disappointment at the time.

I can't remember correctly...but I know FOX released the movie six long, very long years after Aliens.

And there was "Lethal Weapon 3", "Batman Returns" and yes...it actually happened, "Honey, I blew up the Kid"

I know I'm forgetting some others that siphoned away audiences, by it large or medium or small.

This was never a film outside of the opening that was going to ever generate anything.

Especially since our hero had her stomach blown wide open while committing suicide at a prison full of rapist, child molesters and murderers.

But leave it to 20th Century Fox in May of 1992 for at least trying..

It was a good film your right. But it wasn't special.

The ending is awful. People hated that scene. So bad...they made another film trying to salvage the absurd sad, sad ending.

They never did.

Both films flopped.

Still, good art design. I liked the weird CGI. The score was good. Weaver being back was awesome. Fincher was a great pick in 1992. Was that the year MTV peaked before the Internet? But nobody ever knew who was in control.

And the blame for the financial failure was passed.

But the script was awful! You could throw 50 million dollars into a pile of dog shit...and then it becomes a pile of worthless dog shit once valued at 50 million dollars but now just shit.

Only the fringe fans of the Alien series can truly appreciate it, like myself.

But it's still only a ** star film, maybe ** 1/2.

And still a disappointment.