Close encounters

Rating: 8/10 (27 March 2013)

This film is arguably the best sci-fi action film ever made to date. Here is a problem with reviewing it - everyone is comparing it to Alien. Understandable but try considering them as different films. Alien was an atmospheric horror, slow paced reliant on suspense. Aliens is an action film, using the background of what we already know about the Alien species to create a different type of film. Lets face it in Alien the crew were unarmed and untrained, failing I destroy the creature is the theme though out the legacy so the next logical step was to see what would happen if a human population was exposed to it.
Now as a sci-fi action it has everything. The sets are superb, the lighting and sound is atmospheric and terrifying. The new ideas about the nest and queen are fantastic and lead to some of the most iconic moments in movie history. This film is coming up to 30 years old now and is still holding to the test of time. Nothing made since this movie even comes close to taking its crown.