Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole survivor from the original ALIEN, is awakened after 57 years of drifting through space, her stories disbelieved by Company executives who tell her that the alien’s planet is now inhabited and colonized. When contact is suddenly lost with the colonists, Ripley returns to the planet with a squad of marines, an android (Lance Henriksen), and a Company executive (Paul Reiser) with a mission of his own. Once on the planet, no survivors can be found except for Newt, a little girl who awakens motherly instincts in Ripley just in time for the acid-blooded aliens to attack in what quickly becomes a one-sided battle for sheer survival. Considered by many to be the best of the series, ALIENS is a fast-paced, high-intensity thrill ride that set a new standard for action films and cemented director James Cameron’s status as one of Hollywood’s leading directors following the success of THE TERMINATOR. Weaver received an Academy Award nomination and became a feminist hero for her strong, sensitive performance as the survivor Ripley, while costars Reiser, Henriksen, and Bill Paxton all give career-making performances in this landmark sci-fi extravaganza.
Gorman: Apone! Look... we can't have any firing in there. I, uh... I want you to collect magazines from everybody.
Hudson: Is he fuckin' crazy?
Frost: What the hell are we supposed to use man? Harsh language?
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There are films in everyone's life that, long after being watched for the first time, call for a second viewing, especially for a regular movie viewer like me. Months after watching "Alien" and "Aliens" (and after being let down by the last two sequels), my growing desire to watch the films again was fulfilled. First, "Alien" was re-released in a new director's cut, and the impact was so much greater that it went from 4.5 stars to a 5, and has now guaranteed an even higher spot on my top 100 list. However, it was its sequel, "Aliens", that I had been even hungrier to watch again. Also scheduled for a director's cut release, the film's DVD had long eluded me because of the new quadrilogy coming soon. Thankfully, I received both of the initial DVD releases of "Alien" and "Aliens" for my birthday, and was at long last able to watch the Special Edition of this film. While the new footage is fantastic, I still had the same feeling I had when it was 17 minutes shorter: disturbed and exhausted by the wild ride, yet satisfied and gladdened once the survivors had made it away safely. Why, for a summer film, "Aliens" is a movie that, for some reasons unknown, just seems to "have it all".
