Quite probably the perfect sequel

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2006)

Most of the time when I hear a sequel is coming out, especially when the original is considered a classic, I get a little bit of a brain cramp. Aliens, however, is a brilliant continuation of an almost flawless original. Take the sole survivor of the first contact, completely ruin her life (and make it due mostly to the fact that she survived), and ask her to go to the one place she would never want to see again. What's more, make it a whole slew of aliens when she knows better than anyone what just one can do. And while you're at it, remind her there are families involved so she will spend every waking moment and every breathless nightmare picturing what they are enduring. Paint her into a corner so she really has no choice, and send her with a bunch of cocky marines who have no clue what they have signed on for. Oh, but Ripley knows. Ripley knows all too well. And she's helpless to stop it. She can't even avoid it...