great

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2006)

what a film.. i think aliens contains all the right elements to a great film. it has the tension of the first one, with more action. i think that the creatures of the quadrilogy are the most terrifying of any movie ever made.. the combination of these creatures, with the claustrophobia of a spaceship makes aliens one of the most tense action movies ever made. i don't think it contained the sheer terror of the first film, however it definitely made up for this with the marines.overall one of my favourite films of all time. i think one of my favourite scenes in the film is when the marines lieutenant realises that the marines are in serious trouble.. the way it is cut, switching back and forth between the marines and the vehicle just adds to the horror of realising that these aliens cannot be killed, even by the most battle hardened marines in the galaxy.