Aliens

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Aliens

R

1986

2h 17m

Sci-Fi

Horror

Action

Adventure

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After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine-year-old girl named Newt. But even these battle-hardened marines with all the latest weaponry are no match for the hundreds of aliens that have invaded the colony.

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Critics Consensus

Propelled by a commanding and layered performance from Sigourney Weaver, Aliens trades the original's slow burn dread for tightly orchestrated action and visceral thrills to stand as a sequel worthy of its predecessor.

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Jeff Millar

Houston Chronicle

Jun 25

Aliens is a knockabout. It's one of a small handful of sequels that, as entertainment, approach their progenitors' value.

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Michael Healy

Denver Post

Jun 25

The movie lacks some of the original's ability to shock, but it makes up for it with great action. It is less horrific than "Alien," but more exciting.

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

Jun 25

Cameron isn't has poetic or visually imaginative as Scott was, but there's juice and macabre humor in "Aliens."

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Marsha Fottler

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Jul 7

"Aliens" is at least as good and probably better than its 1979 predecessor.

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Joe Leydon

Houston Post (Texas)

Jun 25

3.5/4

Aliens crams so much excitement and so many hairbreadth escapes into 137 minutes that, when the movie is over, you may find yourself quite literally exhausted.

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Lee Tuohy

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Jun 25

One would be hard put to find fault with and director James Cameron's brilliant work in not only matching, but to actually surpass the original.

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Dan H

@Harmsy87 17h

Favourite movie of all time!

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Spooky M

@spooktober 4d

It’s hard to tell which movie I like more, the original or the sequel.

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Dax R

@RT23422366 Jul 5

It’s was great better than a first one

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Sabih A

@RT57875922 Jun 30

Wow. I was definitely suprised with this one I obviously new it was popular/High Rated. But I was never into horror films, even with the first one which I could acknowledge that it was definitely a good film, I just couldn't consider it being actually something I would enjoy. Overall great job with everything I don't feel like mentioning all the good individual stuff. Only reason it isn't a 5 stars, is the horror element still gets me, I'm just not fully into that so it's good just not for me.

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Joshua J

@DZnutz84 Jun 30

Somewhat derivative, and Paxton’s character becomes somewhat hard to take. However, the whole last half hour or so completely makes this movie.

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Dominic T.

@Dom2Chilly Jun 25

9.6/10. Aliens is an amazing film. Story and visuals are put together very well. All time classic and personal favorite of mine.

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Synopsis

After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine-year-old girl named Newt. But even these battle-hardened marines with all the latest weaponry are no match for the hundreds of aliens that have invaded the colony.

Director: James Cameron
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 18, 1986, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $77.6M
Runtime: 2h 17m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)