Beautiful, the best of the sequels!

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2007)

I've watched this movie many times, and I still am amazed at the quality of the work Jim Cameron has put out here. "Aliens" does not surpass its predecessor, "Alien," in scares; but it beats it by a land-slide in the action department. I personally prefer the creature design in "Alien" over the ones in this one. In "Aliens", the creatures looked nothing more than like mutated, wing-less bees. It's always a pleasure to see Lance Henriksen on the big-screen. He excelled as Bishop, the android. Same for Michael Beihn as Corporal Hicks, the tough/nice guy of the bunch. He and Sigourney Weaver had great chemistry together. Sigourney herself portrayed Ripley beautifully in this one, just as she did in the original. Ripley is the role Sigourney was born to play, and this movie is proof. As for Newt, I personally am not a fan. I'll be honest, I never was. She came off as whiny, and most of her lines were just screaming people's names (and in that aspect of the role, Carrie Henn did a good job)! But, she was a necessary evil to give Ripley a daughter figure, since you find out her own daughter died earlier in the film. "Alien" IMO, is the best in the series, but "Aliens" is the best of its sequels. 3 & 4 do not compare to this one. "Aliens" was, and forever shall be, such a good sequel any future ones will not stand a chance in dethroning it.