Aliens

Pros: Story, Sigourney Weaver, Supporting Cast, Direction, Special Effects
Cons: Women are a little more macho than real life

Aliens (1986) Special Edition “At least they don’t **** each other over for a percentage.” Ellen Ripley Following the success of 1979‘s < i>Alien, it was natural the 20TH Century Fox ...

Pros: Pretty much everything is excellent.
Cons: May cause nightmares?

The nightmares are continuing for Ellen Ripley. Her dreams are filled with terrifying scenes of an alien life form that wiped out her crew on the Nostromo space ship. Even though the incident occurred more than five decades earlier, Ripley (Sigourney ...

Pros: Fast-paced script and sure-handed direction, great cast, and Ripley simply rocks!
Cons: None for the films, but extra features disc was less than exciting.

With the phenomenal success of Ridley Scott's Gothic-horror-in-space film Alien, with its chilling story of an almost invincible alien creature that single-clawedly decimates most of a space tug's crew and is destroyed by a lone, frightened, yet ...

Pros: Brilliant set pieces and design, emotional story between Ripley & Newt
Cons: some of the dialogue and music, drags somewhat in its middle section

The Story: In the distant future of interstellar travel and colonialism, Ripley (Sigourmey Weaver) is the only survivor of a terrifying encounter with a parasitic alien savage creature which slaughtered her entire crew in less ...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

Aliens is widely acknowledged as the greatest sequel ever made. I agree, in fact it is the only sequel I can think of that eclipsed the original movie. You might say it is the PERFECT SEQUEL Characters: Sigourney Weaver .... ...

Pros: scary, engaging, suspenseful, well directed, great performances
Cons: nothing worth mentioning

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Pros: the rare thing of a sequel being even better than the original.
Cons: none

With the phenomenal success of the film “Alien” it was inevitable that a sequel would be forth coming what was surprising was that it took nearly seven years before it hit the screen. It was, however, worth the wait. But how to you follow such a ...

Pros: Greatest Sci-Fi / Action Adventure movie ever
Cons: This film made me hate Paul Reiser with a passion. & Annoying FBI warning about copyright law can't be fast forwarded past

The new ALIENS, Special Edition DVD is a must have for any fan of the series. I do not care if you already have the original ALIENS film on VHS, you must hurry your little self over and buy it! Go sign up to be a member of a medical research study if you...

Pros: Non-stop action and suspense, stunning visuals and audio
Cons: So good they had to make more sequels, and they aren't that good.

I can’t think of all that many sequels that are better than the original movie. Mostly they just ride on the success of the previous instalment(s) and try to make a quick buck. But I have to tell you, while I thought the original Alien was…...

Pros: Great action film. Aliens are still neat. Decent performances.
Cons: A little slow getting started. Violent. Some gore and much swearing.

I have a theory: I think that every "Aliens Saga" movie is a cultural microcosm of the times that produced it. The original " Alien" was a dark, tense, paranoid creation of the post-Nixon period. It's successor, ...

Pros: Excellent characters, Acting, Plot, Dialogue, Special effects, DVD Extras, Director's Cut
Cons: Actually, none . . .

Sequels have a notorious reputation for underperforming in relation to their source material and, indeed, the only three sequels that come instantly to mind as on par or better than the first film in a movie series would be "The Empire Strikes Back," ...

Pros: It's got a little of everything.
Cons: Alien 3 neagtes the cool ending of this movie.

You can have your T2s and your Titanics. As far as I'm concerned, James Cameron will never make a movie better than Aliens. It's nearly a flawless movie, especially if you're a big fan of science fiction, action or horror movies. This is the only movie...

Pros: Sigourney Weaver, supporting cast, visuals, effects, music, direction, and cool Special Edition features.
Cons: Bill Paxton's whining performance, bad plotting, and no DVD audio commentary by Cameron.

At first, in space, no one can hear you scream. This time, it's war.

Science fiction author William Gibson, the man who gave us Neuromancer, a novel that inspired The Matrix,
once had this to say about Alien:...

Pros: Excellent action and a truly deadly menace that keeps you on edge the entire time
Cons: The rest of the Alien movies have never entertained me

Rarely, if ever, have I been enthralled by sequels. The only notable exceptions that I can think of right off the top of my head would be either The Empire Strikes Back or Godfather II. So when I heard that there was going to be a sequel ...

Pros: Engagingly well crafted, the best in it's class
Cons: The film is like one long nightmare

James Cameron's "Aliens" resembles much of his previous work in "The Terminator." Both are a creative melding of sci-fi and action, both contain a strong lead heroine, both feature a killing machine antagonist, and both have a 'protector' role somewhere...