Aliens (1986)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:43
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.8/10
Consensus: While Alien was a marvel of slow-building, atmospheric tension, Aliens packs a much more visceral punch, and features a typically strong performance from Sigourney Weaver.
Runtime: 2 hrs 34 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser
Director: James Cameron
Reviews for Aliens
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 5/5 |
Truly great cinema. Full Review |
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5/5 |
If only all blockbusters were this good. Full Review |
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There is always an interesting tension in Cameron's work between masculine and feminine qualities. When it finally hits the fan here, we're in for the mother of all battles. Full Review |
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5/5 |
If you were to only see one movie in your entire lifetime it would have to be ALIENS. James Cameron has delivered a masterpiece that will never in a million years be topped... Full Review |
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A- |
Some critics consider this chapter to be better than the first, but the two movies are vastly different: Ridley Scott's is a scary horror film, whereas James Cameron's is a high-tech actioner with superlative set-pieces. Full Review |
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The trouble Ripley has found this time is exponentially bigger and scarier than anything she encountered in Ridley Scott's memorably minimalist, eerily elegant 1979 film. Full Review |
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Cameron's strength lies in solid storytelling in the muscular fashion that he stages the action, creating exciting thrills and intense suspense without ever descending into the mere mechanical. Full Review |
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8/10 |
Un film clé en son genre. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Weaver is superb -- tough, smart, and the best fighter, male or female, in the movie. Full Review |
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One sequel that surpasses the original. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Everything a sequel should be. Full Review |
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This sequel dares to build slowly, allowing Weaver to develop a multi-dimensional character even as it ups the ante by fetishising the Marines' hi-tech hardware and spawning legions of aliens. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Features Sigourney Weaver as a female Rambo with nurturing instincts. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
The Director’s Cut of the film hauntingly amplifies Ripley’s disconnect from her dead daughter and her relationship to the young Newt. Full Review |
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4/5 |
[A] modern sci-fi classic. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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4/4 |
Aliens never strives to be as accomplished as the original, but it's wit and turbo-charged battles make it a wild and electric ride, one with the best replay value of the franchise. Full Review |
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5/5 |
What happens when you take a premise, soak it in a combination of adrenaline and kerosene, then light the sucker.
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5/5 |
The most instense and satisfying piece of science fiction ever made. James Cameron's masterpiece.
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No review available.
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