The movies only got better with each sequel!

Rating: 8/10 (29 November 2007)

The Alien series is one of the few and far-between sets of movies where NONE of the sequels bomb! I'm disappointed to see that many didn't like this latest installment - I'm puzzled as to why. This movie had it all:

GREAT F/X - Believable characters - A pretty good premise to continue - Lots of tension and edge-of-your-seat moments - Did I mention the awesome F/X?

I'm trying to avoid a spoiler review this time, so I'll keep it simple with my only (very small) complaints with the movie:

Why 200 years in the future? We saw vividly in the other movies how ambitious the Company was, why would they wait so long? My guesses to explain are that perhaps they had to wait for technology to catch up to what they wanted to do, or perhaps the previous endeavors had left them financially strapped, perhaps.

There was one character death that didn't make a lot of sense. If you've seen the movie, you know what I'm talking about.

As a matter of fact, at the end of the movie, I was left asking only one question - when's Aliens 5 coming out? Aliens invade the Earth, FTW! :D