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Sigourney Weaver
Michael Biehn
Bill Paxton
Carrie Henn
Paul Reiser
Lance Henriksen

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As colonies are settled on a known planet, a women is found who holds the answers as to why no one has heard from anyone on the planet. They arrive armed and ready, but will they believe what she has to say?

05/13/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

"This Time, It’s War!"

"How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!"

Ellen Ripley (played magnificently by Sigourney Weaver) is rescued after spending 57 years in cryogenic hypersleep by a salvage freighter, and awakens only to learn that everything she knew is gone. She soon discovers that no one believes her terrifying ordeal at the hands of an acid spitting alien until LV-426 goes off the radar.

She is asked to assist a squad of fearless marines to investigate the loss of contact with colonists working at an Atmosphere Processor on the very planet where all the trouble started - LV426. Ripley is hesitant at first, but eventually agrees out of a need to resolve unfinished business and put a stop to the nightmares.

Packing enough fire power to level a mountain, the tough marines which inclu...

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4/4 

02/15/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

"Aliens" by Yojimbo

Ripley is awakened from stasis to find that she has been gone for 57 years and is being made a scapegoat for the loss of her ship. But then contact is lost with the colony on LV 426 and she is enlisted as an adviser to a combat unit sent to investigate. The vast majority of sequels are of course just cynical attempts to cash in on the popularity of the original film and rarely have much in the way of cinematic merit in their own right. Aliens is one of the few that not only expanded on the idea of the original but took it in a whole new direction. The production design is superb and every sci-fi movie made since that features military hardware gets its cues from here, and it still looks brilliant. The ensemble cast are all excellent, especially Sigourney Weaver who is far from the usual g...

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09/03/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Aliens review

Weyland-Yutani Corporation includes a female as a Consultant with the Marines to figure out why colony on LV-426 disappeared. Film with so many endearing characters such as Lieutenant Gorman (William Hope), Privates Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein), Corporal Dwayne Hicks (Michael Biehn), android Bishop (Lance Henriksen) and the tough minded heroine Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). The young Newt (Carrie Henn) was an effective screamer and the cocky Hudson (Bill Paxton) was effectively irritating that you just want him eliminated earlier. Its conclusion has a surprise twist.

Countless thrilling scenes and astounding special effects coupled with solid performances make the smart action sci-fi flick so believable. Screenplay wasn't dull and score made it more suspenseful. One of the bes...

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4/4