The best sequel of all time ? Probably.

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2000)

Back in the days when Hollywood movie execs knew that a man in a rubber suit was far more realistic than any CGI graphic, we were given this hot little number. To follow up Ridley Scott's claustrophobic masterpiece was always going to be a tough task but there are very few out there who could seriously argue that Aliens is overshadowed by its big brother. Even if we consider the fact that we are dealing with a film in which the humans and aliens are on a more level playing-field ( well, those guns are awfully big ), Cameron is still able to make the film as tense as its predecessor, with the use of the marines' shoulder-mounted video cameras being a particularly inspired touch. In terms of both look and feel, Aliens revitalized the genre.