Still one of the best action movies

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 1999)

Unless you've lived on a remote island in the pacific for the past decade and a half, you had to have heard of "Aliens." It's a non-stop thrill ride with enough near escapes and to the draw shoot outs to satisfy anyone. The only time it ever slows down is to explain more of the plot, otherwise you wouldn't know what's happening.
It also is a perfect follow-on to the original. The first movie was high suspense more like a horror story, this one is akin to a war movie but on the same theme.
That aside, "Aliens" has some qualities that set it above most other action movies. In the short time span of a movie each character comes across as an individual (except for the aliens) and we get to know them. The child actress who played Newt was also perfect for the part and had a very strong and fitting relationship with Sigourney Weaver's character.
It's a shame this movie has been followed by two successively worse sequels, not only does "Aliens" stand out because it's so good, but because it's also plausible to the mind. The weapons, equipment, and technology seem like later developments of what we have today. You can also easily picture a future where corporations run everything and don't care about the foot soldier. Some people would say that's the way it is today.