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Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2008)

I'd put this in my top 5 of all time as well as blade runner. The SE special edition features a family who happens upon the egg chamber, setting off events, which I don't think was in the original. Also the robotic guns in the tunnel holding off the aliens. The plot and acting at times are cartoonish and outlandish, but as a teen when first seeing it, was a plus. Once they're killed off, it's Ripley/Weaver in her element. The technological aspects were very visionary at the time, when we had Commodore 64s or such. The only aspect that 'is showing some wear' was the flight of the spacecraft against the clouds...a mildly dated, toylike but still quite good. The movie had a supersize me approach, the more the merrier. Aliens was the peak of this series, though Alien vs. Predator was excellent..a nice comeback. The video game was also excellent, in it's time.