Still holds up today

Rating: 10/10 (9 May 2013)

This is one of those movies that I can watch over and over again and it never gets old. A time before CGI destroyed movies (take note The Thing 2011). I wouldn't say it tops its predecessor but I would say it is equally as good only a different type of film. Alien was a suspense horror where this is more of a suspense action. No matter what decade you were born in you should watch and enjoy this movie! It transitions smoothly from being a suspense flick to an action flick and back and forth and back and forth. Rarely do we get movies like this one even today. James Cameron takes the eerie creature that stalks the crew of the first movie and turns them into a powerful parasite that stalks an entire platoon. Despite the third film taking a slight step backward (I completely omit the 4th from every being made and don't even mention AvP) the Xenomorph will always be the most terrifying and intimidating creature Hollywood has ever created.