Review of Aliens (1986) by Paul R — 31 Oct 2013
Aliens is one of the most successful sequels of all time. It not only continued an amazing story with one of the most impressive extraterrestrial beings ever seen on film but also completely changed the style.
Ridley Scott's original is an amazing accomplishment and stands tall as a fantastic Horror / Sci-Fi, with this sequel James Cameron injected a dangerous dose of action and adrenalin turning it into a high powered action adventure Sci-Fi that makes this film my personal favourite of the series of films.
This is mainly down to the rich characters and great performances by everyone involved. The casting and character development creates high emotional attachment which adds to great effect as they one by one encounter the almost indestructible Xenomorphs with sometimes fatal consequences.
Aliens is set 57 years after the original and Ripley has been in hyper sleep all this time. We follow a crack team of Marines with Ripley in tow as adviser as they go back to LV-426 after contact is lost by the Terra-forming colony.
It has amazing special effects for it's time and had to rely on physical effects as opposed to today's CGI saturated Sci-Fi films. This is an amazing action spectacular that simply must be seen.
It's also well worth investing in the Alien Anthology on Blu ray, it's great value for money, both the image and sound is crisp and clear and worthy of being in everyone's collection.
This review of Aliens (1986) was written by Paul R on 31 Oct 2013.
Aliens has generally received very positive reviews.
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