Aliens 3 - The Final Confrontation

Starring: Derek Boyes, Steven Payne, Tanya Pilbeam, Dzizor Tamakloe, Paul Ladd, Robert Burbourough and Thomas Bill

Corporal Hicks and Ripley wake to recieve a distress signal from a small spacepod, but as the two lost marines board, the ship is drawn towards a black hole and they are forced to crash land on a seemingly deserted colonised planet. As the crew rush to repair the ship, Ripley mysteriously disapears and it is soon clear the Aliens have taken her. Hicks deploys a desperate rescue mission only to see it go horribly wrong. Armed with a flame thrower and explosives, he takes his revenge on the alien nest, before escaping the planet alone.

Colour ⁄ VHS, VHSC, Video 8, Super 8 ⁄ 5:4 ⁄ Duration 30”00’ ⁄ © Delfilm 1989

This was my first attempt at a serious drama, filling it with stunts, explosions and highly charged egos. I was extremely influenced by the sci-fi / action adventure genres of the eighties, which fuelled ambitious ideas but a weak and cliched script. Despite this it is proof of my high ambitions.