Aliens (Special Edition)
by James Cameron
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Actor: Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Sigourney WeaverDirector: James Cameron
Writer: James Cameron
Producer: David Giler
Writer: David Giler
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Writer: Dan O'Bannon
Writer: Ronald Shusett
Writer: Walter Hill
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Aliens (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Replace suspense for action and you get ALIENS.
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was not as suspenseful and had a lot more action than the first film. The alien was further explained through the queen. The story was well put together and the scene with Ripley's daughter really connected what Newt meant to her. It had a nice ending similar to the first one, but it was missing the suspense of the first film. I liked that there was more action but they should have kept the suspense element more prominently. The aliens looked a lot more realistic in this one which helped add to the believability of the film. About the same rating as the first simply because the action sequences were just simple and have been out done in years since, but the alien idea is still a unique one. The original holds up a bit better because suspense will always hold up where action sequences will be outdone with new technology.
Summary of Aliens (Special Edition)
In this action-packed sequel to Alien, Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with skepticism - until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 leads her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate.Personally supervised by director James Cameron, this special edition includes scenes eliminated prior to the film's 1986 release which broaden the narrative scope and enrich the emotional impact of the film.
Aliens is one of the few cases of a sequel that far surpassed the original. Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, who awakens on Earth only to discover that she has been hibernating in space so long that everyone she knows is dead. Then she is talked into traveling (along with a squad of Marines) to a planet under assault by the same aliens that nearly killed her. Once she gets there, she finds a lost little girl who triggers her maternal instincts--and she discovers that the company has once again double-crossed her, in hopes of capturing one of the aliens to study as a military weapon. Directed and written by James Cameron, this is one of the most intensely exciting (not to mention intensely frightening) action films ever, with a large ensemble cast that includes Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, and Michael Biehn. Weaver defined the action woman in this film and walked away with an Oscar nomination for her trouble. --Marshall Fine
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