Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
This time out Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) has to confront the
alien on a lice-infested prison-planet made up of narrow tunnels.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - No sex was shown. Intimated sex between a man and a woman;
they are shown in bed together apparently after sex, but they are both clothed.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - Lots of blood, and many gruesome scenes of the Alien
killing its prey. An autopsy scene where we hear the cutting open of the body and the
cracking of the breast bone and separation of the ribs. Even though there are no weapons,
"Alien 3" is as gory as the first two installments.
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PROFANITY 7 - Initially, the inmates reprimand each other when they use
profanity, but as the fear builds, they all partake in using the F-word and other assorted
four-letter words. [profanity glossary]
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