Awesome.

Rating: 10/10 (27 April 2000)

James Cameron's Aliens ranks as one of the all-time great science fiction movies. Though not done in the same style as the original (Directed by the incomparable Ridley Scott), Aliens certainly has a visual grandeur, and the suspense built up is incredible.
Indeed, it is a long time into the film even before the first Xenomorph appears. There are, as could be expected, star turns all round from a very well balanced cast, William Hope (Lt. Gorman) especially. It's a shame he didn't get a chance to go onto better things. By today's standards, the cast would be considered star studded, featuring such stars emerging at the time as Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton and, of course, Sigourney Weaver, who was the only truly established actor at the time.
Cameron manages to capture the correct mood and feel of the film perfectly, and for those of you who have since read Alan Dean Foster's novel, it serves as a superb visual aid.
If, by some chance freak of nature, you haven't seen this film, then stop whatever you are doing, and find yourself a copy. I don't care how, just do it. You'll most likely be as astounded as I was.