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-Video, 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: 4.5 stars. NOT BETTER THAN ALIEN
Summary: 4 Stars
To set the record straight: this movie is great action sci-fi, highly entertaining and very good looking. But IS NOT better than Alien, so the Amazon reviewer is vastly wrong, and even more when states that Aliens is 'far' better. I would have to agree if someone says that Alien and Aliens are equally great, but never that Aliens is 'far' better.
The main difference between the two is that while Aliens is a great film, Alien is totally a work of art in every level: in cinema, production and art design, visually and musically. Alien musical score stands alone as an indivual masterpiece, something I cannot say about the good James Horner score.
A movie is not better than other only because one has great action sequences and the other not: Alien is more for the patient, a much more cerebral movie that builds the suspense just like anything on Hitchcock's; it's opening act is total hardcore sci-fi while the scares arrive. Aliens is a good excuse to show bullets blasting aliens, that's it.
Nevertheless, do not be fooled by my comments, Aliens is a must have on any serious sci-fi collection, but get Alien first.
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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