Gripping, geat, gory...

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 1999)

This is terrific, had me rivited to both the screen And the arms rests of the seat I was sitting in when I first saw it back in '86...Great film, tense as Hell, gory, fast moving, well acted, brilliantly edited, FX kick...Vasquez is great-who would have thought she turns up in T2, Lethal Weapon 2 AND Titanic?? Has been working all along in some big hits, just never knew it at the time. Both Hicks(the Brave one) and Hudson(the Big Chicken) add something to this too-Biehn and Paxton are steady as they come.

But the guts of the movie is Sigourney, hell she oughta had the Oscar for what she did here. Terrific, sturdy, strong performance. I can't recommend this one enough, either orig version or Director's cut. Don't waste your time with either of the inferior sequels, this is the one and only.
**** outta ****; see it again.