Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the alien attack on the mining ship Nostromo, awakens 57 years later when she is found by a salvage vessel. The welcome given to her by the Company officials is far from warm since they refuse to believe her discovery of alien existence and revoke her flight officer's licence. Much to her horror, Ripley also discovers that the moon LV-426 where her crew had encountered an alien species for the first time, is now colonised by the Company. But when all contact from the moon is lost, Ripley is called back into action again as an advisor to a team of tough space marines with a great deal of firepower. To get rid of her recurrent nightmares about the alien creature, Ripley prepares for a final battle with the monsters; however this time, there are hundreds of them out there. Aliens has to be one of the best movie sequels ever. It is certainly up there with Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) in delivering a grand follow-up to an already incredible film, which both launched into a franchise. Aliens is one of my absolute favourite films ever, alongside its predecessor: Alien (1979) for quite the same reasons, being an old sci-fi that uses such amazing real effects to produce such a marvellous-looking product. This is can be seen through the use of model ships/creatures and how they manage to make them look so realistic and grand in size, which I find so cool and fascinating as to how it is done. There is a special edition with added scenes that overall make the film even better, like the scene where Ellen finds out her daughter passed away whilst she drifted into space for years. This scene makes her relationship with Newt (the girl she finds alone on the base) more significant as she feels the need to protect her as she didn't get that chance to with her daughter, Amanda. But if you want to find out a bit more about her to what she was doing whilst her mother was lost in space, check out the extraordinary Alien Isolation (Video Game 2014). The setting for this film is without a doubt science fiction worthy from every little detail to the big in the halls and rooms of the abandoned colony base to the interior of the Sulaco spaceship. It meets all my expectations for a futuristic space film. There's something about a horror movie set on abandoned space stations/planets that I enjoy above all other horror films. Having it take place in space is just a thousand times cooler to me. James Cameron, the director, also flipped the genre to that of the first film, a survival horror, delivering an action horror to the Alien franchise. Not only that but he created some of the most exciting and coolest action scenes in this film. It will never get old seeing all those marines and Ripley shooting up Xenomorphs in so many unique and epic ways. I love how they even remember to acknowledge the alien's acid blood which manages to injure and kill marines who shot them at close range, making the fights all the tenser. The ending is also so iconic with Ripley using a power loader to take on the Xeno queen, which was just so exciting and just goes to show how badass Ripley is. Not only in her physical actions but with her dialogue, "Get away from her, you bitch!" Her character has grown so much after her first encounter with one of the creatures and now she goes in all guns blazing to take them all out, becoming a proper fighter and leader. Overall, I adore this film for plenty of reasons. The characters feel so real and have friendships and banter with one another, even when fighting among themselves, they have loyalty and care for one another, making it all the sadder when one dies. Furthermore, the character development for Ripley is outstanding, and the futuristic sounds and visuals used are so aesthetically pleasing to look at, in my opinion being a sci-fi nut. I cannot stress enough how much I adore this film. It is easily one of my all-time favourite sci-fi adventures to ever exist. It is a must-watch and gets my seal of approval so what are you waiting for? Go watch it! You won't regret it. For more viewing from the franchise check out the next instalment in Alien 3 (1992).
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