Gains on you.

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2002)

I'm a devoted fan to the Alien saga. I do think the first one in the series is by far the better one and it really holds up well today. Aliens hasn't stod the test of time that well, much of the dialogue and characters feel very 80's to me. But it has a tremendous drive and action and can not be ignored. Alien 3 was hated upon its arrival, and David Fincher had endless fights with 20th Century Fox over the storyline (the script wasn't finished and new pages arrived daily to the set). Considering this turbulence, and that he had to change DP midway through it due to Fox's impatience with the slow shooting style from original cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth, Fincher delivered a masterpiece. It really holds up very well, and is perhaps the most character driven entry of the whole series. There's even a hinted love story in there. This film needs to be re-discovered by Alien fans. Few films deserve it more.