Movie #129 - Aliens

Title: Aliens

Director: James Cameron

Release Year: 1986

Plot Summary: The planet from Alien has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, Ripley finds herself sent back to the planet along with a team of warriors bent on destroying the alien menace forever, and saving any survivors -- if any remain.

Thoughts: Call me uncultured, but I vastly preferred Aliens over Alien. The overall pacing was a lot better, and I actually halfway gave a damn about some of the characters (the little girl was just spectacular). The cockiness of the Colonial Marines, which spirals down into terror and insanity, provides a nice counterpoint to Ripley, who's after all seen this all before...

I did prefer Ash to Bishop, though.

Recommendations: Definitely you should watch Alien first. If you though that one was at least okay, you will probably quite enjoy Aliens. Unless of course you take your films way too seriously. ;)