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Aliens

R
Movie
1986
2h 17m
English
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
Rating
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8.3
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Aliens (1986) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
89

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Michael Biehn
Corporal Hicks
Bill Paxton
Private Hudson
William Hope
Lieutenant Gorman
Jenette Goldstein
Private Vasquez
Al Matthews
Sergeant Apone
Mark Rolston
Private Drake
Ricco Ross
Private Frost
Colette Hiller
Corporal Ferro
Daniel Kash
Private Spunkmeyer
Cynthia Dale Scott
Corporal Dietrich
Tip Tipping
Private Crowe
Trevor Steedman
Private Wierzbowski
Paul Maxwell
Van Leuwen
Alan Polonsky
Insurance Man
Barbara Coles
Cocooned Woman
Carl Toop
Alien Warrior
John Lees
Power Loader Operator
Holly De Jong
Newt's Mother
Directed By: James Cameron
Written By: James Cameron (Screenplay), Walter Hill (Story), + 3 more

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claytron says...
10 years ago
Take Alien. A perfect movie. Then ruin it with a bunch of action bullshit. You get Aliens.
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theblack says...
12 years ago
My fav movie. "It's game over man, it's game over"
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Sn0wFlock says...
10 years ago
Absolutely brilliant movie. Best of the Alien series.
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tvjunkie:) says...
8 years ago
I wasn't even halfway through Aliens when I knew it was going to be one of my favorite movies ever... and Ripley is such a badass #girlspower
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Featured User Reviews

Heckler
CONTAINS SPOILERS9/10  10 years ago
When it comes to the Alien franchise you need to do 2 things.

Remember that Alien is a straightforward horror movie and that Aliens is a straight up action movie with horror elements. The two exist in the same franchise universe but as movies are basically separate entities.

There are plenty of st More
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KevinSocial9697
9/10  4 years ago
Let's be honest, this is a better movie than Alien as it takes the aspect of making everything bigger and does it perfectly as it blends both horror and action more perfectly than the original. Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) is still perfect in this role and she honestly will go down as one of the mo More
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freinhar
9/10  6 years ago
Three major observations from someone who has re-watched both Alien and Aliens quite a few times (and has seen the sequels once each... let's not talk about those haha).

First: given these movies are 30-40 years old, it is insane how well they have held up, effects included. The practical eff More
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Filipe Manuel Neto
one year ago
**A sequel on par with the first film, and one that helped cement the Alien franchise.**

I really liked the movie Alien, the first of this franchise. There is no doubt that it is one of the best and most remarkable horror films ever made, and one of the “fathers” of contemporary sci-fi cinema More
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