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Aliens

1986

James Cameron

Sigourney Weaver, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn ...

7.4

85,475

Sci-Fi. Action The only survivor of the Nostromo, Ripley is discovered in deep sleep half a century later by a salvage ship. When she is taken back to Earth, she learns that a human colony was founded on the same planet where the aliens were first found. After contact with the colony is lost, she finds herself sent back to the planet along with a team of warriors bent on destroying the alien menace forever, and saving any survivors -- if any remain.

	Author	Review
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"One sequel that surpasses the original."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"It is a superb example of filmmaking craft. The director, James Cameron, has been assigned to make an intense and horrifying thriller, and he has delivered. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel	"Creepy, Crawly 'Aliens' Is Best Horror Flick Of '86. (...) This film is also the best monster movie of the year and the best picture of any kind to open so far this summer. Put it another way: Aliens is the Jaws of the '80s."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Truly great cinema - manages to dodge that 'dodgy sequel' curse with ease (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"The film's human interactions are nowhere near as interesting as Cameron's deft direction of action and use of non-alien space"	NEU
United States	Walter Goodman The New York Times	"A flaming, flashing, crashing, crackling blow-'em-up show that keeps you popping from your seat despite your better instincts and the basically conventional scare tactics."	POS

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