Great start, but the second is better

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2003)

This a great start to the series of Alien movies. It introduces you to this scary race of Aliens that are so memorable that it spawned more movies, spoofs, comics, etc. However, it was scary and suspenseful for its time, but can feel slow to today's generation of moviegoers that expect more action. It is definitely worth seeing and is good for repeat viewing if enough time has gone by, but the second blows it away.