Cameron's finest hour

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 1999)

There must have been a huge amount of pressure on Cameron's shoulders to produce a follow-up movie that could approach the masterpiece that was the Terminator. However, Cameron surpasses this film with what I still consider his finest work. He is one of the few director's who really knows how to build up tension, and with Aliens, even on repeated viewings, he cranks the tension up so high that it is truly a frightening movie.
How Sigourney didn't win an Oscar I'll never know. As for Hudson (Bill Paxton) this is probably Paxton's greatest role, just shading his performance in True Lies.
10/10