10 Director's Cuts That Changed Your Mind About Bad Movies

It's worth noting that David Fincher doesn't officialy endorse any release of his feature debut Alien 3, but that the Assembly Cut is the closest approximation to his original vision for the sci-fi horror sequel.

The original theatrical Alien 3 rubbed fans the wrong way for many reasons, largely due to a chaotic production in which Fincher bristled up against Fox executives and the production ran well over its planned budget and schedule.

The end result is a disjointed mess of a threequel, rife with incoherent editing - largely due to rushed re-shoots - glossed-over characters and an eye-roller of a sequel-baiting ending, to say nothing of the deaths of Newt (Carrie Henn) and Hicks (Michael Biehn) from the previous movie.

Though the Assembly Cut can't remedy all of the film's problems, it does feel like a more "complete" movie, adding over a half-hour to the runtime. This version delves deeper into both the prisoners and Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) as characters, and crucially gives both Ripley and the trilogy a concrete (ish) ending.

You certainly get a far better idea of what Fincher was aiming for in the Assembly Cut, and while it's a tad awkward in places, the ambition and the devotion to its characters feels worthy of the two prior movies (which is far more than can be said for the theatrical release).