One of the greatest action movies, still not better than the original

Rating: 9/10 (18 March 2017)

"Aliens" is the sequel to "Alien" and this time we get to see Ellen Ripley helping some soldiers in their quest of finding what happened in a mysterious planet.
This movie is very different from the original because it concentrates more on action than on survival horror. Still, the aliens and face-huggers give you a fright every time they appear on-screen. The movie is able to maintain the feel and look of the original even thought Ridley Scott didn't come back as a director.
In this case, James Cameron directed the film and his talent really shines. You can tell how he decided to use certain shots to tell the audience things without us having to literally see it. He chooses to show rather than tell which is always much more entertaining.
Of course the first movie had its limitations concerning budget and effects at the time so the alien wasn't really seen. In this movie, James Cameron had the opportunity to show their aliens in their full glory; but interestingly, the best parts of the movie are when he chooses not to do this and tries to only show bits of the Xenomorph or show us what they are doing without showing us the creature. This is because it captures a sense of suspense and mystery that will otherwise not be there. When James Cameron chooses to show the aliens completely is when (in my opinion) you lose some of the tension and start seeing this as more of an action movie than a horror movie.