Action-packed, but completely different from Alien

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2000)

Aliens is a pure, by the book action/war movie set in a science fiction setting. It differs from it's predecessor in that it's predecessor was a horror movie in a sci fi setting. Alien was a better movie, but both are quite good. Unfortunately, this back to back success has subjected us to the third and fourth movies, both of which were among the worst movies I've ever seen.