Ripley is back with reinforcements

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2000)

James Cameron's wildly successful sequel to the brilliant shocker, Alien, is not to be discarded as most movie sequels tend to be. A very different film, Cameron gives us humans just a bit more of an advantage against the most loathsome creatures in the universe. Send in those Marines!
Ripley must go down to face her worst nightmares in order to rescue a surviving colonist, "Newt" played by the adorable Carrie Henn. Together, they face not just one -- but many of those horrifying demons of H. R. Giger's imagination, including the big bad mamma queen!
Michael Biehn plays a good guy (whew! -- I hate his villains!), and Bill Paxton blesses the screen (NOT!) with a quoteable "Game Over, Man!..."
But all jokes aside -- this film is pure entertainment! Here, Ripley shows her feminine brawn, and Weaver plays it to the max with finesse.