Aliens Movie Review 1986

The bitch is back, some 50 years later. Popular sequel to "Alien" amounts to non-stop, ravaging combat in space. Contact with a colony on another planet has mysteriously stopped. Fresh from deep space sleep, Ripley and a slew of pulsar-equipped Marines return to confront the mother alien at her nest, which is also inhabited by a whole bunch of the nasty critters spewing for a fight. Something's gotta give, and the Oscar-winning special effects are especially inventive (and messy) in the alien demise department. Dimension (acting biz talk) is given to our hero Ripley, as she discovers maternal instincts lurking within her space suit while looking after a young girl, the lone survivor of the colony. Tension-filled gore blaster. Followed by "Aliens 3."

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 138 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Aliens Are People, Too, Alien Beings--Vicious, Big Battles, Special FX Extravaganzas, Wonder Women, Parenthood, Suspended Animation, Robots & Androids, Adoption & Orphans

Screenplay

James Cameron, Walter Hill

Cast

Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller

Cinematography

Adrian Biddle

Director

James Cameron

Music

James Horner

Other

Ray Lovejoy, Michael Lamont, Ken Court, Bert Davey, Fred Hole

Producer

Gale Anne Hurd, 20th Century-Fox

Awards

Oscars 1986: Sound FX Editing, Visual FX.