Badass Movie, Worth the Watch, but Not As Good As the First One

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2019)

Aliens is an excellent action-packed, sci-fi movie with standout performances by Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biene, and Lance Hendrickson, as well as a solid supporting cast of marines, most notably Bill Paxton.
Cameron does an excellent job directing, as all three acts are perfectly constructed. Once the action gets going, it rarely lets up and will keep you on the edge of your seat. The aliens are so creepy and scary, and the movie has lots of horror elements. Some great scenes are maximized by stylish camera work and slow motion that really make it stand out.
All in all, it's a great sci-fi movie, but a little bit of 80s cheesiness and a couple of parts that were a little bit dumb in the middle made it have a couple of flaws, which is the reduction in score. I still think part I is better, but this is well worth the watch, and for a sequel it is definitely up there among the best.
8/10