Aliens (1986)

Rating: 6/10 (15 June 2011)

"Get away from her, you bitch!"
This is the sequel to the 1979 original, Alien. It has more aliens, it has more firepower but not much else. If you're looking for a movie about boys with toys, this is it. If not, you may skip this one.
If the first movie revolved around people doing all the wrong things for all the wrong reasons, in this one the story is just about the same. People do stupid things, for reasons equally stupid. And to make matters worse, the writer decided to mix in the story some incompetence as well, to make things more interesting. Why? Beats me!
The script is bad, long and unbelievable. For example: the soldiers go into the aliens' nest armed to the teeth, but all of a sudden Ripley realizes that it would be dangerous for them to use their weapons. Everybody should just use their barbecue lighters instead, which is totally unrealistic. If a bunch of professional soldiers ever faced a situation like that, they would have just retreated and reevaluated their situation. When you are downgraded from level 245 Space Marine to level 45 Chicken Sh*t you run, you don't stick around for questions. Then the shuttle pilot lands on a planet full of dangerous creatures, yet she leaves the bay doors open. Really? Why? And so on.
The actors are just along for the ride, but you can't really blame them. The only one that actually felt like she knew what she was doing was the kid (and the fact that she had no business being in this movie is not her fault). The direction is decent, there is action and there are a lot of special effects. The music is average.
The only character that's truly incredible is the computer. If Alien had computers that could only do a bunch of ones and zeros and maybe an occasional line or two, Aliens marks an incredible evolution. Computers can now do a lot more than they could only seven years before.
Aliens. A good action movie, if you are willing to overlook some bad choices. 6/10.