Something Rare, a grand sequel

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2001)

James Cameron took the continuing story of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in a different direction than the first installment. Where Ridley Scott slowly built tension in the claustrophobic Nostromo, Cameron takes the story back to the desolate planet LV-426 and is relentless in the action that ensures. Ripley, along with a troop of Colonial marines, are not faced with a single alien(which almost killed everyone in the first film), but a hive of them. The two films marry together quite nicely. The dark foreboding atmosphere of the first and the nonstop battle excitement of the second. Other fine performances are delivered by, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein and of course Lance Henriksen as Bishop.This is a rare film:A sequel that is as good as the original.