The benchmark for all sci-fi action films

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2003)

!May contain mild spoilers! James Camerons sophemore film is an adrenaline rush, literally, from start to finish. This is the sci-fi action film that all others must be measured by.
There is non-stop action is this flick, along with some great acting and great one-liners from the cast.
Ripley's reluctant return to the planet where the queen is planting all her eggs is a fascianating adventure. I love to watch James Cameron films becasue he makes the sci fi genre look epic in scope while being fun and adventurous.
Cameron's trademark false ending is a real surprise in Aliens, literally comes out of the blue.
I really wish I could see this movie for the first time again, because it showcases an action director slowly coming into his prime(IMHO I believe Camerons best pic is still Terminator 2)
Its also rare for a sci fi action movie to garner numerous academy award nominations as Aliens did. Sigourney WEaver got a well deserved best actress nod. She literally caries the entire picture.
This is defitely the best Alien film out of all four movies.
The firs Alien was slow simmering, isolated gross out movie The second, Aliens, is an all out action war movie, set in the climate of a hostile a alien life form. The Third, Alien 3, is a dark disturbing, but interesting failure.
While the fourth one, Alien Ressurection, is an embarrassment to motion pictures around the world.
Please watch Aliens, after watching the original. It will blow your mind away.
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