A very good film

Rating: 10/10 (13 March 2010)

This film is one of those sci-fi rarities. Lead by an amazing actress, Sigourney Weaver, and a very strong supporting cast, the story is brought upon us at an amazingly quick pace. Usually with sci-fi films we are given a cheap CGI alien. In this we have both animatronics and people in costumes. Back to the movie.
As we are taken into the colony we see evidence of the aliens' existence and we know straight away. They need to get out of there. And we are proved right. The marines unfortunately venture into the hive, encounter a hived victim, and several characters meet their fates, this is not necessarily a good thing though, as they are not properly developed throughout the movie. The remaining survivors unravel though.
A few stereotypes unveil in the cast as well. We have the money fuelled businessman, the tough girl, the natural leader, and the mysterious character that knows all about the elusive and dangerous xenomorphs. This being Ellen Ripley.
The two strongest characters in my opinion are Ellen Ripley and Vasquez because for those who have seen Alien, we know a lot about Ripley, I was able to gain a lot of information from the actions of Vasquez, she liked attention, but she was very dominant and liked to let people know what their place was, as we see from several parts of dialogue in the movie.