One of the greatest sequels in Hollywood's best sci-fi franchise

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2003)

ALIENS (1986) **** Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen. Superior sequel to "Alien" with more action for its bang with Weaver the sole-survivor of the Nostromo who awakens from a 57 yr coma to find herself facing an army of aliens on a recently human populated planet with death and destruction surrounding her and the ragtag Marines escorting led by Biehn, corporate weasel Reiser, knuckle-headed Paxton ("Game Over Man!") and "synthetic" Henriksen who steals the movie in its anti-climax. Henn as the lone survivor Newt is cute and stoic and genuinely perfect when face-to-face with the alien. Great job by director James Cameron and the fx guys (Best Oscar Visual Effects). Weaver won an Oscar nomination for Best Actress (the first for a science fiction/horror film ever).