One of the Best Sci-Fi Films Ever

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2008)

Aliens is by far one of the best Science Fiction movies ever conceived. James Cameron, on a low budget that should shame Hollywood today, takes Ridley Scotts creature and makes it his own. While Alien is, undoubtedly, a masterpiece of a monster movie Cameron takes the idea one step further. The sleek "perfect" animal of Sir Scott's original is replaced by a battle-ready race of drones ready to do the bidding of their Queen. Cameron uses a squad of space marines who must go head to head with the Aliens to tell the story as they go from being on a rescue mission to just trying to stay alive themselves...
The film features top-notch acting from all sources, including one of the strongest female characters in science fiction history, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). Despite being pre-CGI the film delivers special effects that still hold up to this day. The film uses suspense and action more than horror but there are moments that will have your skin crawling.
This film's influence can be seen far and wide and references to it are fairly common especially in video games (Halo borrowed heavily from this movie)...
Great special effects, solid acting, solid writing, suspense and action (as well as comedy relief courtesy of Bill Paxton), make this an essentially perfect movie...