Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 44% from 57 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Alien3" takes admirable risks with franchise mythology, but far too few pay off in a thinly scripted sequel whose stylish visuals aren't enough to enliven a lack of genuine thrills." Metacritic assigned a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 20 critics, signifying "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.