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1986 · Movie · 2h 17m · R

Aliens

CriticsCritics: 89
AudienceAudience: 8.3

After years adrift in hypersleep, a traumatized survivor returns to Earth and finds her warnings about a deadly extraterrestrial encounter dismissed. She agrees to join a heavily armed team investigating a remote colony that has suddenly gone silent, confronting a threat far larger than anyone expected.

My take

You’ll like this if you want tense science-fiction horror expanded into muscular action, with strong character stakes and memorable creatures; Not for you if you prefer the original’s slower, quieter, more claustrophobic approach.

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Cast

Carrie HennSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnPaul ReiserLance HenriksenBill PaxtonWilliam HopeJenette Goldstein

Director

James Cameron

If tonight is a Aliens night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.