"This time it's.....a good sequel!"

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2004)

1986 - A great year in my view. I was born! The Transformers had a film released and of course...Aliens. But, what's so special about "Aliens"? Well, for a start, it's a sequel to one of greatest Sci-Fi films ever created - Alien. When released in 1979, Alien pushed the boundaries for Science-Fiction films to their very limits (well, for 1979 anyway). However, James Cameron would push them further still merely seven years later when he released Aliens.
Being a sequel of course, Aliens had a lot to live up to...and boy did it ever! Once again, Sigourney Weaver returns to reprise her role as the Gung-Ho action heroine - Ellen Ripley. This time Ripley means business, by helping a team of Colonial Marines (led by William Hope's It's-my-first-day! Lt. Gorman) to return to the now-colonised planet of walking nightmares. Weaver again plays the role spot-on, not quite the damsel in distress yet not quite the Kick-Ass "Take you all on" heroine. Weaver also plays Ripley's kind, loving side during the scenes with Carrie Henn's Newt, with the kind of warmth you'd expect from somebody who's lost everything and has been classified as "unstable". The rest of the cast are spot on too, from Hope's useless Lieutenant to Bill Paxton's superbly well-acted wuss, Hudson. In fact, Hudson is one of the greatest characters created for any film. Macho and invincible whilst on the Sulaco and the Drop ship, Hudson generally provides the film with comedy back-up - Even more apparent when, after a slight hiccup and a few deaths, Hudson turns into a gibbering wreck, the complete opposite from what we seen thirty minutes beforehand! Hudson provides the relief from the full-out shooting that compromises the Marines landing on the planet...let's face it, to have a character shouting "Game over man, Game over!" after witnessing his friends get mutilated and devoured in horrible ways is the epitome of sheer genius script-writing. Cameron does a great job of directing this film. The action scene's are spot on, the acting and dialogue is spoken in perfect timing and the camera never fails to be in the wrong place.
Utter bliss rendered in Movie form. If you haven't seen this yet (and why not?) then you should go out and rent/buy the Special Edition DVD right now! (not the Alien: Quadriolgy box-set, because Alien 3 and Resurrection really ruin the first two film's appeal)
In total, amazing acting, great cast, great action, Superb and memorable dialogue, brilliant script, no ewoks, Characters truly well thought up....what more could you want from a Sci-Fi film!
10/10 "Check it out! i am the ultimate badass!"