Release Date
July 18, 1986
Director
James Cameron
Writer
Walter Hill, David Giler, James Cameron
Cast
Daniel Kash, Cynthia Scott, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Paul Maxwell, Colette Hiller, Ricco Ross, Mark Rolston, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, Al Matthews, Sigourney Weaver
Studio
Running Time
108 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R
50 years have passed since the incident on the Nostromo and Lt. Ripley only then finds herself awakening, after a salvage ship finds her vessel floating in deep space. She returns to Earth only to find that a human colony has been created on the planet where Ripley first ran into the aliens. Since then, all communication with the colony has ceased and the people on Earth are fearing the worse. All along with a... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Alien is a classic, but what about its sequel? Sequels usually suck but director James Cameron (Titanic, The Terminator) delivers a movie that is just as scary and more action packed then its predecessor, and in the long run, more fun to watch. This time, in the smartly-named Aliens, Ripley (Signourey Weaver) knows what the threat is but is forced to return once again, fifty years after the last incident. What other movie manages to have the same main character with a fifty year time gap? Full movie review »
