One of the rare sequels that is as good or even better as the original

Rating: 10/10 (28 October 2004)

Aliens is as good if not better than Alien. It is the rare type of movie than can be viewed multiple times. Between its release in 1986 and now, I must have seen it 20 times. Unlike the recent AVP film, James Cameron gives us developed characters that we care about instead of just alien fodder. Even the soundtrack stands the test of time as it doesn't sound dated because of heavy synthesizers use like other films from this time period. The makers of this film pretty much got everything right. If I were going to point out a negative it would be with the DVD releases and not the movie its self since there is a good amount of grain visible in darker scene although on the commentary track James Cameron states that problem was caused inherently by the film stock he opted to use since I believe he said at the time 35 was not viable All in all a great film that has me awaiting James Cameron's next Sci-Fi endeavor.