Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Ricco Ross, Al Matthews, Jenette Goldstein, Mark Rolston and Daniel Kash. Written and directed by James Cameron, from a story by Cameron, David Giler and Walter Hill. Music by James Horner. Budget $18.5 million. Running Time 154 minutes. Originally released in 1986.
57 years after the events of Alien, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is found drifting in her life pod in deep suspension and revived to take the blame for the destruction on the Nostromo and the death of its crew. Meanwhile LV427 is in the process of being terraformed and the contents of the derelict alien spaceship have been unleashed on the unsuspecting terraformists causing untold mayhem. When the colony goes silent, Earth sends a Marine troop to investigate and Ripley tags along for some more shits and giggles, although this time with the action ratcheted up to 11.
As soon as Ripley and the Marines lands on LV427 the film explodes into action and doesn't let up for one instant. This is a fantastic sequel and a damn good film in its own right, utilising optical and practical effects and superb model work from John Richardson and his hand-picked crew.
I saw this as a press preview when it first came out and I've loved it ever since. I've not seen this on the big screen in decades and seeing it again up there huge was amazing, it's lost none of its power, drama or scope. Superbly paced, and edited this really is a note-perfect movie and still one of James Cameron's best, it was also his third film as director.
Loved it. 10/10
As soon as Ripley and the Marines lands on LV427 the film explodes into action and doesn't let up for one instant. This is a fantastic sequel and a damn good film in its own right, utilising optical and practical effects and superb model work from John Richardson and his hand-picked crew.
I saw this as a press preview when it first came out and I've loved it ever since. I've not seen this on the big screen in decades and seeing it again up there huge was amazing, it's lost none of its power, drama or scope. Superbly paced, and edited this really is a note-perfect movie and still one of James Cameron's best, it was also his third film as director.
Loved it. 10/10
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