Sci-fi classic

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2002)

I can only use a word to descrive this movie: AWESOME. One of Cameron's first movies (after a Piranha one and of course, Terminator), after he got really famous with T2 and Titanic, that I think it is his best one; it mixes sci-fi, thriller, horror and action. Being an Alien fan and a Cameron one, this is simply the best. Ridley Scott's movie, pretty good too, was maybe more calmed and scary, and Aliens is action-packed, terrifying and terrific! For if one alien wasnt enough, you get hundreds of them, hunting and chasing a bunch of poor marines that come to aliens' planet to rescue any people's lifes, but of course, the aliens have cocooned and eliminated all the peeps. So the marines find themselves trapped in a ruined colony full of predators (SPOILER****all marines but one die****), and their spaceship gets destroyed and they get attacked by the aliens and everything goes bad. The special effects are pretty good, still being from year 86, and the aliens are very cool, the film editing is great, the sound perfect. When you get all this in an scene, it gets great (see the battle scene aka ripley's rescue for example), creating horrible and thrilling atmospheres. Thought it is not very gory, it contains lots of frights and scary moments. James Horner's score is awesome too, and the cinematography is fantastic.
Talking about cast, we find some of James Cameron's most usual actors, such as Michael Biehn (the hero of Terminator), Lance Hersinken (Terminator too), Bill Paxton (again Terminator, plus True Lies and Titanic), jeanette Goldstein (T2), and of course, Sigourney Weaver (Alien series). The cast gets perfectly and the characters remain in the spectators' mind (who doesnt remember brave private Hudson p***ed in his pants?) Overally, this is one of sci-fi's masterworks, among with Star Wars, and for me, its the best Jim Cameron's work. The sequels, Alien 3 and Resurection are a piece of s*** compared with this movie, and surprisingly, Aliens is better or good as the first movie, Alien. 9.5/10