This is the greatest action movie ever

Rating: 9/10 (25 March 1999)

As the summary says, this triumph for James Cameron beats all other action movies to a pulp. You could argue that the movie has its corny and hackneyed downside, but this adds to the fun. Despite being enjoyably violent and quite tense in parts, it's the humor of the film that will stick with me. Check out Bill Paxton's hilariously dorky Private Hudson - "Hey sir, you'll get lip cancer smoking those". Apart from the humor, the film boasts some great performances, most notably Sigourney Weaver as Lieutenant Ripley and Lance Henriksen as the android Bishop (Don't miss that knife trick he does). More than 11 years before he won the Oscar for Titanic, James Cameron really proved his directorial talent with this. He shows some great touches in the battle scenes, especially where he uses the marines' shoulder cameras to view the action. If you haven't seen this movie before, you should hang your head in shame for 5 minutes, and then immediately go out and rent it