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18 July 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
This time there's more. morePlot:
The planet from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, enough? full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 21 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Aliens..My all time favourite Sci-Fi movies. It rocks! more (863 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sigourney Weaver | ... | Ellen Ripley | |
| Carrie Henn | ... | Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden | |
| Michael Biehn | ... | Cpl. Dwayne Hicks | |
| Lance Henriksen | ... | Bishop | |
| Paul Reiser | ... | Carter Burke | |
| Bill Paxton | ... | Pvt. Hudson | |
| William Hope | ... | Lt. Gorman | |
| Jenette Goldstein | ... | Pvt. Vasquez | |
| Al Matthews | ... | Sgt. Apone | |
| Mark Rolston | ... | Pvt. Drake | |
| Ricco Ross | ... | Pvt. Frost | |
| Colette Hiller | ... | Cpl. Ferro | |
| Daniel Kash | ... | Pvt. Spunkmeyer | |
| Cynthia Dale Scott | ... | Cpl. Dietrich (as Cynthia Scott) | |
| Tip Tipping | ... | Pvt. Crowe |
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Rated R for monster violence, and for language. (1992 special edition)Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
137 min | USA:154 min (special edition)Language:
EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1999) | Italy:T | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Finland:K-18 (director's cut) (DVD rating) | South Korea:12 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:14 | Philippines:R-18 | USA:R (Certificate #27850) | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | India:A | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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In both the standard and special edition versions, the fifteen minute countdown at the end of the film is indeed fifteen minutes. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Ripley tries to break the glass in the med lab there is a scuff mark on the glass before her first swing. After this finishes, the mark disappears and we see Ripley actually making the mark with her second swing. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Salvage team leader: Bio-readouts are all in the green, looks like she's alive. Well, there goes our salvage, guys.
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Why didn't the Facehuggers burn through their stasis tubes like through Kane's helmet in Alien?What was the Marines "bug hunt"? Is there a connection to Starship Troopers?
If the Alien can transform people into eggs (per the Alien Director's Cut), how does the egg-laying Queen fit in?
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I have watched this movie when I was a pre-teen at the cinema, and MY! It completely blew me away. It has got my adrenalin pumping so hard that I almost wanted to slip back to my seat and take a breather! Although during that time I didn't quite understand most parts of it (too young to understand), I was deeply immersed into such rich story-telling and the fantastic alien creatures. The tensely build-up atmosphere and the space-ships, grips you so tightly it seems never to let go.
This movie rocks, scares you right on to your face, very mysterious, have tons of special effects (not quite CGI though, but the mechanical aliens looks just so threatening and scary). James Cameron is such a fabulous story-teller in this Sci-Fi stellar! The movie ran at more than 2 hours but I didn't feel that at all. Actually James has cut out a lot of scenes for this theatrical release back then, but you can still get those scenes back on the DVD (extra 17 minutes footage).
The acting is good especially from Sigourney Weaver, Paul Reiser and Lance Henriksen (as the robot). Sigourney's Ripley is such a strong-willed woman, that even put shame to men (somehow I feel this is quite unbelievable, because she has got so much energy, especially the scene where she gets back to the Queen's hatch to save Newt). I have watched other alien series (Alien legacy - All four parts), but I can say this part 2 of the series is my favourite, followed by Alien, then Alien:Resurrection, and lastly Alien3)
I am quite happy to see this film stays high at one of the top Sci-Fi movies in IMDB)
Till now as an adult, I still go back to watch this DVD occasionally and every time I watch it again, it brings in a completely new scare, and new thoughts, also the new meaning of what is a horror movie all about!
Highly recommended if you haven't watched this yet. I give it an 8 out of 10! (Truly deserves the high IMDB rating at 8.2 to-date)