For action, it don't come much better...

Rating: Null/10 (18 April 2002)

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Some reviewers have called Aliens cliched, old-fashioned and so on - the only reason this movie may seem cliched nowadays is that it is truly the grand-daddy of all action films since. This set a new target to be achieved and some film-makers since have just ripped off the idea of a gung-ho group of hardcases coming up against a fiercer, tougher opponent, the whole feel of relentless action, the pacing and so on.
This is a truly great film - there are as always small quibbles - Ripley's affection for Newt being enough to risk her life for example (though I believe a special edition explains how Ripley outlived her own child due to to her prolonged period in stasis). There will always be some people who will not like this film - people who can't get it into their heads that this film preceeded much of the CGI tech we take for granted now, or people who plain dislike action/horror/sci-fi...and then there are always those folks who will just disagree with a popular opinion in order to seem 'clever' or 'special' - well as long as you're not included in one or more of these sub-groups, then I can pretty much guarantee you enjoying this film.